Re: Gentoo problem compiling modules

2003-09-13 Thread David A. Bandel
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:31:26 -0400 Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You run make menuconfig which gives you a menu of stuff that you can change. When you exit and save the file .config in /usr/src/linux is created or modified. It uses that to figure out what to build. Yes, but

Re: Gentoo problem compiling modules

2003-09-13 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Exactly my point. The orignal poster of this thread was wondering about editing .config by hand. In one of my posts I told him it's not recommended. This post was in response to how the process worked. David A. Bandel wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:31:26 -0400 Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL

Re: Gentoo problem compiling modules

2003-09-13 Thread Collins Richey
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:53:07 -0500 David A. Bandel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:31:26 -0400 Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You run make menuconfig which gives you a menu of stuff that you can change. When you exit and save the file .config in

Re: Gentoo problem compiling modules

2003-09-12 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
You run make menuconfig which gives you a menu of stuff that you can change. When you exit and save the file .config in /usr/src/linux is created or modified. It uses that to figure out what to build. Alan Jackson wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:50:37 -0700 Condon Thomas A KPWA [EMAIL

RE: Gentoo problem compiling modules

2003-09-11 Thread Condon Thomas A KPWA
Alan Jackson wrote: I installed Gentoo a week ago, and it has mostly been quite smooth. However some, but not all, of my modules missed getting compiled. In particular, usb/printer doesn't seem to want to compile. I ran make modules_install and it didn't help. I get no errors, I just

Re: Gentoo problem compiling modules

2003-09-11 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Did you use makeconfig to define whatever it takes to make the module compile? Alan Jackson wrote: I installed Gentoo a week ago, and it has mostly been quite smooth. However some, but not all, of my modules missed getting compiled. In particular, usb/printer doesn't seem to want to

Re: Gentoo problem compiling modules

2003-09-11 Thread Alan Jackson
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:50:37 -0700 Condon Thomas A KPWA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Jackson wrote: I installed Gentoo a week ago, and it has mostly been quite smooth. However some, but not all, of my modules missed getting compiled. In particular, usb/printer doesn't seem to want

Re: Gentoo problem compiling modules

2003-09-11 Thread Collins Richey
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:02:09 -0500 Alan Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed Gentoo a week ago, and it has mostly been quite smooth. However some, but not all, of my modules missed getting compiled. In particular, usb/printer doesn't seem to want to compile. I ran make

Re: Gentoo problem compiling modules

2003-09-11 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:40:39 -0500 Alan Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:50:37 -0700 Condon Thomas A KPWA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Jackson wrote: I installed Gentoo a week ago, and it has mostly been quite smooth. However some, but not all, of my

Re: Gentoo problem compiling modules

2003-09-11 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
You can edit .config but I wouldn't recommend it. Simply answer just the questions you need. The config file has what your current setup is. If you want to add the printer that's all you have to modify. When you add other stuff you just answer the questions that pertain to that item. Alan

Re: Gentoo problem compiling modules

2003-09-11 Thread Alan Jackson
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:50:07 -0600 Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:02:09 -0500 Alan Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed Gentoo a week ago, and it has mostly been quite smooth. However some, but not all, of my modules missed getting compiled.

Re: Gentoo problem compiling modules

2003-09-11 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:52:17 -0500 Alan Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:04:41 -0400 Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you use makeconfig to define whatever it takes to make the module compile? Alan Jackson wrote: I installed Gentoo a week

Re: Gentoo problem compiling modules

2003-09-11 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:05:37 -0500 Alan Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:50:07 -0600 Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:02:09 -0500 Alan Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed Gentoo a week ago, and it has mostly been quite