> > Over the years I never dared to build a custom kernel, for not only do > > I lack the time for it, but I'm intimidated by the prospect. > > It can indeed be intimidating. But it's also interesting; you might > want to try it. The key is to avoid building too many drivers. > Configuring only the ones you need will save a tremendous amount of > time. > > > Am I to infer from your statement that one can't really find out how > > the kernel is responding to the attachment of my camera without > > turning CONFIG_USB_DEBUG on? I gather is off in the stock kernel. > > It's the simplest way. If your kernel has usbmon and debugfs > configured then you can use them instead (see the kernel source file > Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt for instructions).
The main problem is time, and let me illustrate. It took me over half an hour to find out that the debian kernel 2.6 HOWTO is obsolete. It said that in order to find the latest 2.6 kernel source package first su or sudo to get root privileges, open a console and type: apt-cache search kernel-source | grep 2.6 This I didn't understand, because I normally open a console and then sudo a command, and I don't need to be root to run apt-cache. This made me feel insecure, and then a search of the Debian archive did not return any "kernel-source" package. It was only after some stumbling around that I discover: linux-patch-debian-2.6.18 - Debian patches linux-source-2.6.18 - Linux kernel source with Debian patches linux-tree-2.6.18 - kernel source tree for building kernel images I can only assume that it is the second package listed that I need to install, but I'm discouraged from proceeding because the HOWTO so poorly corresponds to what I find that I can anticipate spending days in perhaps fruitless struggle, when I can ill afford to do that. Haines Brown ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
