Sheldon Easterbrook wrote:
> >From: Daniel Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > > > Dear noctambules (and others too ...)
>
> >In my mother tongue (spanish) the word refers to those who tend to stay
> >up till late in the morning ...
>
> Kewl, I haven't done that in a while, kids.
>
> > > I think you need to add generic scsi support to the kernel. You might
> >also
> > > want to try scsi disk support as well.
> > >
> >
> >All that was already enabled ...
>
> Ok, it might have something to do with the /proc/bus/usb not loading
> properly.
>
> > > The signal is usually a problem with the compiler, try upgrading to a
> >newer
> > > version, upgrading binutils is also a good idea.
> > >
> >
> >I am puzzled about this one. I have :
> >
> >[gonvaled]# gcc -v
> >Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/ppc-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs
> >gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)
>
> This the same version I'm using, but I'm running on an Intel platform. The
> latest version of Gnu C++ I remember seeing is 2.95.2, try that and see how
> it goes. That version is classed unstable I think. For more information go
> to the linux kernel mail archive search engine:
>
> http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/search/AT-linux_kernel_mailquery.html
>
> and do a search on your error, see what comes up.
>
Ok. So I upgraded gcc:
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/2.95.2/specs
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
It has been a pain. First I needed to upgrade my binutils
and then recompile gcc, which now is in a very awkward location. It seems
to work though, and the deveopment tree seems to compile (I have it in another
window eating my processor timeslices ... oh! look! it seems to have finished ;) )
>
> >created after running make xconfig). BTW, should I use 'make config'
> >instead of
> >
> >'make xconfig'? Does any of this matter ? I am becoming paranoid ...
>
> I prefer the menuconfig, seems to be laid out better.
>
You are right. I think xconfig has a problem with one of the IDE parameters,
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI. I can not define this flag with xconfig, but I
can with menuconfig.
BTW, I tried to manually define this flag in the file .config and after making
make dep, make clean, make zImage I still got stuck in the same spot.
Do you know why?
>
> > > You need to enable Preliminary USB device filesystem.
> >
> >It is enabled. That's why I am so frustrated ... I have followed the
> >instructions
> >in the documentation - and believe me, I have tried everything; I think I
> >have
> >spent more than 50 hours on this - and still things do not work at all.
> >A lot of basic things seem not to be there, even after performing the
> >correct
> >setup. I would understand that reading data from the zip drive fails once
> >in a
> >while - I've seen comments about the mass storage support being in alpha
> >state - but not being able to mount the zip is sth which I simply do not
> >understand ... mainly because I am positive that a lot of people is able to
> >have
> >that working ...
>
> I understand, I've been there myself a few times. First thing is don't give
> up, there must be something you've missed. Just to recap:
>
> You have usbcore and a controller selected? Which controller?
>
> > > Sorry to hear that, what version of X are you using?
> >
> >Xpmac
>
> Do you have all of the prerequisites? They are listed here:
>
> http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/linuxPPC/devel/1.1/RPMS/XFree86-Xpmac-3.3.6-8a.ppc.html
>
> >So this means I can go to any website who claims to have the linux tree
> >(whether
> >or not Mac specific), places like www.kernel.org, download it and compile
> >it
> >for my Mac? Even if most people are using that tree for intel platforms?
>
> That sounds correct, when you undo the 20Mb tarball you should see it
> unpacking source for IA-64, ARM, PPC, i386, etc...
Right. My cable modem helps a lot here ;)
>
>
> >6. An extra question
> >
> >Has sb succeeded in using a Zip USB 250 to a PowerBook G3 Series (1999,
> >Lombard, bronze keyboard). I am driving nuts!!!!!
>
> I don't think so, a recent e-mail from Matt seems to suggest that no-ones
> tried it yet.
>
I recall having heard sth different. But now the 2.3 series compile in my machine
and I will be able to inform you (hopefully in a matter of minutes)
>
> >Thanks a lot to everybody. Any further help will be highly appreciated.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
Good to have some support out there.
>
> Sheldon.
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