Not xconfig;
make xconfig
You need to install the kernel and gcc and make (at a minimum).
Basically, you need a "devleopment" system.
But frankly, you need to think long & hard about how important this is
to you; if you've never done any development/make/compile/kernel
rebuilds before, well, it's a good way to do "real" Linux but it's a
little involved and it's perfectly possible to do it wrong in such a
way that your system is quite unusable. (Granted, I do it within hours
installing, but I'm a bit of an old-timer. [Not as old as some--I
wasn't around in the 0.x days.])
A word to the wise.
On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, you wrote:
| When I run xconfig I get a command not found message. Should I b e able to run
| this from anywhere? I cannot even run it from the directory you have listed
| below. WHen I follow the instruction in the book that came with Linux, I
| cannot get any further than this also to recompile my kernel. DO I need to
| separately install xconfig?
|
| Wayne
|
|
| On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, you wrote:
| > Wayne,
| >
| > Video for Linux shpuld be in all recent kernels. Open an X terminal
| > on /usr/src/linux and run make xconfig to see whether v4l is
| > present. It should be as a module, and not compiled in the kernel
| > (answer M, not Y).
| >
| > v4l2 will soon replace v4l, together with a new i2c bus. All this
| > probably in the next kernel release 2.4
| >
| > The Linux distributions should make this all come together with
| > XF86-4.0 and all the other i2c devices with their next release.
| >
| > V4l is available now for 2.2 kernels. If you want v4l2, etc, before
| > 2.4 kernel time, then the usual bttv and xawtv and lm_sensors (i2c)
| > sites contain download and install instructions, which include kernel
| > patching for 2.0 kernels. Unfortuantely, this are only available as
| > tar files and not yet as RPMs - this means no easy way to back things
| > out in the case of a disaster.
| >
| > Wayne wrote:
| > >
| > > I have been reading the docs for compiling a kernel and it talks about patching
| > > the kernel for video 4 linux support and mentions during the process you should
| > > answer 'y' to V4L. Would anyone know if this is loaded by default when you
| > > install or do you have to configure your kernel for support?
| > > TV Tuner box UI am trying to get working here and getting desparate for support
| > > under Linux.
| >
| > A box? Or a PC PCI card? Which card?
| >
| > --
| >
| > Regards,
| >
| > Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
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| Wayne Petherick
| Criminology Department
| Humanities and Social Sciences
| Bond University
| Gold Coast
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