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Re:Darn USB printer
I didn't read his response to you, but if he has you
recompiling your kernel for the usb stuff, (which he may
well have) you'll need to know the following:
"make xconfig" has nothing to do with your X Window
setup. It's the command you issue (as root) from within
/usr/src/linux to start the graphical kernel config.
program. In order for this to work, you must already
have /usr/src/linux set up as a symbolic link to
/usr/src/kernel-sources-x.xx.xx.tar.gz or something like
that. (I'm sure about the "kernel-sources" part of the
filename, not so much about the ending -- it may be
*.tgz. In any case, the x's represent whatever kernel
version you're running.)
So IF you have the kernel-sources file in /usr/src, then
you can create the symlink thus:
ln -s /usr/src/kernel-sources-x.xx.xx.tar.gz linux
Then:
cd /usr/src/linux
Then:
make xconfig (or subst. `menuconfig,' or simply `config')
The first one is graphical and works only in X, the
second two will work either in an xterm or at console.
The last one is entirely question-and-answer driven. All
three accomplish kernel configuration, just different
interfaces.
If you don't already have a file called
"kernel-sources-2.4x-xx.tar.gz" or really similar (I'm
assuming your kernel version is at least 2.4), you can
download a .deb of it from the www.debian.org site.
HTH,
Mark
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> Well I looked in my boot config and it is there so I am
once again stumped.
> You refrred to "make xconfig", what is that? Do you
mean redo my X config?
> Perhaps if I create th /dev t will function? Hmm..I
think that this is a
> little confusing for me.
>
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