hello! well, i have fixed the problem. Ï got a new version of loadlin that supports kernels larger than 1 mb. IF someone else wants it please e-mail me and i'll send it to you as an attachment. the mount and the cdp commands also works fine. the sound card also does. now to another question. how shall i install the brltty 3.1 package? there is no good makefile to edit as in earlier versions. how shall I get this to work with my alva display? You said that i most users give up when they get the trouble i have ggotten and I became very tired in the end. but i never thought that I could give up. now the only problems is to install brltty, test the braille voyager module, and get back the right linux login prompt. kristoffer -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: blinux-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blinux-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]För L. C. Robinson Skickat: den 4 juli 2003 13:56 Till: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx Ämne: Re: SV: segmentation fault On Fri, 4 Jul 2003, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: > Loadlin WWWHen i try to load a kernel larger than 1 > mb i get an error saying illegal file format or > something. Are you trying to load a compressed kernel name that ends with z, like /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.9 (the right one), or the file that ends with an x, like /boot/vmlinux-2.4.20-18.9 (wrong). The kernel source comes with a README file in the top dir that will tell you where right finished kernel will appear (a subdirectory). And it also contains all the building instructions you have been asking for. Other files will tell you how to solve other problems, and what updated utils you MUST have to make a new kernel series work right. (BTW, this kernel building stuff is kind of off topic for this list, unless it actually has something to do with accessibility for visual impairments -- but you can get speakup kernels already built for you). > THe segmentation fault This error occurs when i have > begin playing a cd and want to stop play and exit the > cdp program. When I do so I get segmentation fault > and can't get my cd drive open. So cdp segfaults. You could: 1. Use "eject" to, well, eject it. 2. Replace cdp with a newer version, or another cd playing program, maybe a more up to date one. 3. Possibly a simple recompile of cdp would help (but probably not a high enough chance to be worth the trouble). > also when i try to mount a floppy with the mount > command i get the same error message. I know that > there is something wrong with my kernel since it > works with an earlier kernel i have. Maybe you need to replace some kernel related utils with versions built for that kernel, possibly even mount, or some floppy drive parameter setting utils. But you have not really given enough info to make a good guess. Can you access a dos format floppy with mdir? You know, most users would just give up on linux if they had to go through all the stuff you have. You have an unusual determination and drive with this stuff that will serve you well in the future. But new users should not have to go through all that, ever, especially early on, and they don't have to. You said you were getting tired of it, and rightly so (I know I am). My advice to you is to learn to install, get, and use, and if necessary, configure, already built kernel + module (driver) packages that already have what you need. There is plenty to learn in that respect anyway. All major distributors ship ready to go kernel-module packages that have everything a normal user needs, and a great deal they don't need. The problem is usually to find out what front end utilities will help you configure the kernel and other system parts, with a minimum of effort. Start by thoroughly exploring Yast, and whatever else suse ships for administration, and the SuSE manuals and other documentation (I'm assuming that SuSE ships electronic versions of their manuals like Red Hat: if not they should be dumped for a better distribution -- SCO made that mistake, and others, and lost out in the race for market share years ago). For general stuff not covered in the suse manuals, go to http://www.tldp.org/, or a mirror, and look up what you need -- that is a very extensive library of linux documentation (suse probably ships and installs a substantial part of that under /usr/share/doc/). With your determination you will progress much faster that way, and soon be one of the more proficient linux users. Most of the really useful stuff to learn is in user space outside the kernel. Literally hundreds of handy utilities that can be snapped together like lego blocks, in different combinations, to do an infinite number of tasks. If your sound hardware really is too difficult to support under a standard kernel, you are better off replacing it, if your time is worth anything (probably true even for experts). But I bet a standard kernel can be configured to automatically load the proper modules, using standard front end utilities shipped by SuSE. I'd know what to tell you to try with Red Hat, but things have changed a lot since SuSE started with the Red Hat base years ago. For instance, Red Hat no longer even installs the sndconfig util anymore -- if you need it for a legacy ISA card that is not automatically recognized and loaded by the kernel, you have to install it yourself, from the CD, and then you have to tell it the answers to questions it asks about your aging sound card. The fact that the kernel didn't auto-configure your card is certainly not a good sign. BTW, are you using the most recent kernel update put out by SuSE? All major distributors have recently issued updated kernels, to correct some security and other bugs. And I am assuming you are using an up to date set of SuSE CD's? Best wishes in your efforts, LCR > On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: > > hello! after recompiling to a new kernel i get the > > message segmentation fault. i can't stop playing a > > cd when playing and i can't mount a floppy. what > > does segmentation fault means? cancan someone > > explain it to me so i can know what i shall compile > > different in my kernel? I know that I have put > > this question or a questionnot so different from > > this one. but i have changed computer since that > > so i don't have the post any longer. > > > > also, how can i load a kernel larger than 1 mb with > > loadlin? what is the latest version of that thing? _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list