Re: building the kernel

From: David (thunderbolt01_at_netscape.net)
Date: 11/29/03 

Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:58:10 GMT

Paul wrote:
> Thanks man it worked I never did "make install" lol anyway when I
> startx I get this error when kde is loading *exact error* "sound
> server informational message Error while initializing the sound driver
> device /dev/dsp cant be opened (no such device) The sound server will
> continue using the null output device"
>
> and also I cant go on the internet error message-"........TIMED OUT
> /usr/sbin/adsl-start: line 194 411 terminated $connect "$@">/dev/null
> 2>&1
>
> So iam guessing I didnt include some hardware support I needed. I have
> AC97 audio its onboard with my motherboard but I didnt see it in the
> sound configuration in the kernel.

If it's a slack-9.1 system you need to re-install the alsa
packages to get sound to work.

You may find it easier to start with the config file from the
original kernel and do a "make oldconfig" answer the questions.
Then before going any further in the compile run
"make {menuconfig,xconfig}" and go through and add/remove things.

make mrproper
copy the old config file to /linux-x.x.xx/.config
make oldconfig
make {menuconfig,xconfig}
make dep

then finish the compile. If this is your first time to compile a
kernel you may find it helpful to "save to alternate file" before
exiting the configuration section. Then if you have to recompile
for some reason you just run "make menuconfig" and "load from
alternate file"

> and for the internet I have ADSL so their were a lot of options that I
> didnt know what to put. I included what I thought were the ones I
> needed. So you guys know where I should start looking for some of
> these. Everything worked when I installed Slackware so my audio and
> DSL must be supported I just dont know what to enable.

It may require a couple of compiles to figure out what is needed
so once you figure it out make some notes about what the system
requires to function properly. 

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