John Tatum wrote: > I am looking for info on how to configure kernel modules. I presume > there is a howto somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.
http://www.linuxdoc.org this is where all of the general GNU/Linux docs live and for Debian specific documentation check out the Debian Documentation Project: http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp Most of the stuff there is still pretty new and unfinished but **very** useful. Configuring modules is easy once you figure out how it works. It's the figuring out how it works that's the toughie ; ) Basically what you need to do is: 1. Get and unpack the source (#apt-get install kernel-source...) 2. Configure everything (#make config (or xconfig)) 3. make the kernel and install it (don't forget to rum lilo) 4. then #make modules 5. and finally #make modules_install You just have to suffer through it, reread the docs, etc. . . Don't forget, before you start messing with the kernel make a boot disk or make sure that you can boot from an old kernel image. I usually have to build a kernel a few times before I get one that actually boots. > > > Specifically, I am trying to get my sound card (I have a Red Hat driver > and install procedure for this, but no clue how to use them), zip drive, > and CD/RW drive loaded and configured and really have no clue where to > begin for any of them. there's a zip howto and a cd writing howto. You have to mess with the kernel a bit to get this to work. I forget exactly how but you want to pretend that your zip and cd drives are scsi. > On the plus side I have fully configured x and have gnome running over > icewm successfully. Right on. After configuring X everything else should be easy ; 0) later, Andy
