-- Charlie Reiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 01:08 PM -0800): > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthew Weier O'Phinney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 12:08 PM > ........ > > I used to compile my kernels by hand, as it sped up the boot process and > > allowed non-standard hardware (until two years ago, many distros didn't > > ship with USB support enabled as it was still considered experimental, > > and many didn't enable APM in their kernels by default) -- but this was > > using different distros than debian. > > > > APM support is one of the kernel options at compile time -- you can have > > it compiled statically (i.e., loads all the time) or as a module (loads > > if requested), or not at all. > > > > Basically, my experience with the bf2.4 kernels (it wasn't until after > > I'd re-installed our desktop machine's kernel that I realized these were > > the boot floppy kernels) is that they don't have APM compiled in any way > > -- hence the need to install a regular kernel for your architecture. > > > > But if your machine is working with one, send the list the kernel-image > > package name you used as it's another option for the OP. > > I'm not sure what you mean by OP. OP = Original Poster -- the person who posted the original problem/question.
> 'uname -r' returns '2.4.18-bf2.4'. Okay, so that's the kernel -- if the OP is reading this, this one is also evidently an option. > It's what I got from installing sid with the bf2.4 option, which was > the only way I found to get a 2.4 series kernel. > apm is definitely not compiled in. I'm loading it via the module system. Right -- that's how debian kernels are done; drivers/options are compiled as modules, and very little is actually enabled by default. So, in this case, the 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel, apm *is* enabled as a module for the kernel > USB, BTW, also works for my purposes. I suspect PCMCIA doesn't work though > but I don't need that so much. And, if you need it, there are other kernels that have associated pcmcia-module packages, and you can install them later. > OT: I had huge problems with compiling my own kernels. Mounting CD roms > would corrupt my harddisk. Since each try to get it working involved > destroying my installation, I quickly lost patience with the exercise and > stuck to the prebuilt kernels. Wow -- never had that one. I had great success with every kernel I compiled, except when I was trying to build one for a machine that got its IP address via DHCP; I didn't realize there were two kernel options the dhcpcd daemon required. That situation was quickly corrected though. I'm curious what could have happened that mounting a CD would corrupt your harddisk... -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
