Ted Gervais wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Arno Verhoeven wrote:
> >
> > The new AX.25 libs/tools don't work with Slackware unless you compile
> > and install glibc2.1.
>
> Ooooh! I wonder why?
>
> > If you only want to work with the newer 2.2.x kernels you can continue
> > using the axutils-2.1.42a.
> > The only thing to keep in mind is that these don't compile while you are
> > running a 2.2 kernel. But axutils binaries compiled on a system runing a
> > 2.0 or 2.1 kernel, run just fine on a system running a new 2.2 kernel.
>
> OK. That is good to know. I have it all running now under 2.0.36 so I
> should be ok?
I think you'll be OK if you just recompile a new 2.2 kernel. But just to
be sure... read the README file in the kernel source tree about the
needed version numbers of certain packages.
>
> So....I will run off to those sites and look for a precompiled version
> which should be great. (I hope)
You probably don't need them if you already have a working system
running with the 2.0.36 kernel.
But they might be handy for future installs :-)
Be carefull... If I remember correctly, the ax25utils package will
overwrite your existing files in /etc/ax25. I guess I should change that
:-)
>
> >
> > If you are looking for precompiled Slackware packages look in
> > ftp://sharon.esrac.ele.tue.nl/pub/linux/slakware/
> > or
> > http://www.iae.nl/users/paularno/linux/
> >
> > There you can find 3 packages for Slackware.
> > ax25util.tgz
> > z8530drv.tgz
> > xforms.tgz
> >
> > You can install these with installpkg.
>
> What is x8530drv.tgz for? I don't think I use that right now?
These are the utilities to configure a SCC card.
73, Arno pe1icq
