Re: Re: Help, not rudeness, requested

From: Scott Ehrlich (url.eqxypdneiv@orthodyne.com)
Date: Tue Nov 04 2003 - 21:20:51 EET

  • Next message: Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh): "Re : Re: Help, not rudeness, requested"

    Greetings:

    Well aware of the dev drivers :-)

    I neglected to say I had enabled them during make menuconfig, but still
    saw no sign of soundmodem support in Amateur Radio support. I'll check
    out the baycom stuff when I get back home.

    Thanks.

    Scott

    On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote:

    > 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
    >
    > --
    > 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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