Hi Well, I don't know what tools debian provides, but I know redhat does have a tool to configure networking. Be warned, though, any use of rh's tools, then try to build your own kernel, and you're likely screwed up. They seem to take a stand like "Oh, you don't need to build a kernel, do it our way". You're certainly right about debian having files in nonstandard places. Whoever heard of dosemu's configuration files going in /usr/lib/dosemu/etc, for example. On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Brent Harding wrote: > I've liked debian for awhile, but tons of stuff won't compile, because the > locations of files are a little screwy. Why put stuff in non standard > places I don't know. How does one configure a redhat kernel when compiling > anyways? I'm thinking about using it some time, suppose I need the 3c59x > driver support for networking, can I config it like a normal kernel or does > redhat have tools to make this easier? > At 11:24 PM 9/22/00 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi > > It is possible to build a speakup kernel from the Red Hat source > >RPM. Just skip the patches that can't find their files, they don't apply > >to the i386. > > However, the kernel will build, but unless you use a rh supplied > >config, your modules will have unresolved symbols all over the place. I > >don't think speakup agrees with some of the patches RH applied to their > >kernel rpm, for it is not a clean source. They've applied all sorts of > >stuff that are beta, or even alpha. Not wise, I believe they do it to try > >to get their distro to support more hardware. > > Personally, I think slackware is the best, closely followed by > >debian. > > > >On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Kirk Wood wrote: > > > >> I believe this is a kernel problem. Once the kernel starts expanding (you > >> get the loading and the dots, then the kernel quickly takes over. My guess > >> is that you used the kernell source provided by RedHat. If you did, then > >> you should download the kernel (possibly from kernel.org) and apply the > >> patch compile, etc.) RedHat doesn't provide the complete kernel and as a > >> result the built images don't work correct. Sorry I can't give you more > >> complete details. Just that it is common to discover you can't build a > >> working kernel with speakup from the RedHat source package. > >> > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
