Re: Help, not rudeness, requested

From: Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) (haonjwh@kirbycorp.com)
Date: Tue Nov 04 2003 - 16:03:05 EET

  • Next message: Scott Ehrlich: "Help, not rudeness, requested"

    The options "hidden" by menuconfig predepends on other options.
    Generally you have first to enable :
    From "main menu"
     Code maturity level options --->
    [*] Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers 

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Regards and 73
		- f5ibh - Jean-Luc

    Le 04.11.2003 14:53, Scott Ehrlich a écrit :
> My last round of messages to this list asking for help compiling
> ax25/soundcard support for the kernel was met with some unwarranted
> hostility.
> 
> Here are the facts, as opposed to assumptions based on
> misinterpretation
> of my emails.
> 
> I downloaded the 2.4.22 kernel from kernel.org.
> 
> I had an ssh session open to the Debian woody box since it was  
> running
> an
> older kernel to at least get it up and running.  In a web browser, I
> had
> several pages open to show me how to compile in ax25 sound support.
> 
> I configured the kernel (I've compiled and patched many kernels over
> the
> years, so I am a veteran) and looked for all the kernel options the
> respective web pages showed.  Some of those options just were not
> listed,
> and I could find none mentioning anything about patches that might be
> needed.
> 
> I then dove into the .config directly and found some compile options
> never
> shown under make menuconfig, and toggled those manually.   I did get
> further, but eventually gave up and reinstalled Win98.  I really
> wanted
> Linux so I could monitor activity remotely from work.   I've now gone
> back
> to Linux.
> 
> The intention of an email list is to foster support and help for list
> members.  If this were a development or hackers list, then it might  
> be
> wiser to direct me to a "help" or "general" or "discussion" version  
> of
> the
> list.  But the list name says linux-hams, and that is exactly what my
> catagory is.
> 
> I don't expect any apologies for those who flamed me.  But what I
> would at
> least appreciate are .config files from version 2.4.22 kernels for
> those
> who have successfully done the trick of ax25 with soundcard stuff all
> working under Debian woody.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Scott, WY1Z
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