Well, I got my sound card working; it seems as though I needed to compile the emu10k1 driver. I went back in and installed it as a module. I still can't find the PC speaker option in make menuconfig (if anyone knows where it is, I'd like to know) but that's no big deal. I didn't find it where Alex suggested. At 12:46 PM 1/10/2005, you wrote: >One thing I did when compiling a kernel is copy my working config file to >.config in the kernel source tree. Obviously that won't work for 2.4 to 2.6 >kernels. You may be able to get away with using a config from a pre-compiled >kernel which is not modified and then using make altconfig with the patched >kernel. Really don't if that would work.Keep your working kernel around what >ever you do. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "ace" <ace at talkingirc.com> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 11:58 PM >Subject: Kernel Compilation > > > > Hello, > > > > I am running Slackware version 10.0 freshly installed. I have a few > > questions. I've installed Linux on a few older computers but did not have > > the chance to really mess around with it bc those systems sucked. > > > > Firstly, I am aware that Slackware 10 comes with kernel 2.4.26. Will it > > work with the latest 2.6.X kernel if I download it from kernel.org and > > patched it with the latest Speakup sources? > > > > I have never successfully compiled a kernel before. Last time, it was on > > my friend's box and I severely screwed it. What are the steps one must go > > through to compile a kernel? Must I pay attention to each individual > > option that the configure script asks? There are over hundreds it seems > > and I can barely understand any of them. > > > > Thanks for any information. > > > > Robby > > > > Network Administrator of > > irc.talkingirc.com > > http://www.talkingirc.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 Network Administrator of irc.talkingirc.com http://www.talkingirc.com
