hi shino, actually, that's not ok. the person who wrote the patch might have used the wrong format. it might be an indication that you need to install the patch by hand. this is not uncommon, unfortunately! if you get a group of friends together to help you apply the patch by hand, the work usually goes by quickly. let us know how long it takes to apply the patch by hand -- some of us like to keep track of who the fastest patchers are. hth, pete begin shino korah <shino_korah@yahoo.com> > I did cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.18 > patch -p1 patch-2.4.19-rc1 > it's sits there for a long time > is this ok? > > --- Peter Jay Salzman <p@dirac.org> wrote: > > the "linux kernel howto" has a chapter on how to > > patch the kernel. > > > > is the patch not applying correctly? > > > > > > pete > > > > > > begin shino korah <shino_korah@yahoo.com> > > > I have downloaded 2.4.18 source code and did > > > make xconfig > > > make dep > > > and I also have patch-2.4.19-rc1 from kernel.org > > (need > > > this for usb2.0 drivers) > > > > > > How will I apply this patch? > > > basically what should I do before running > > > 1.????? > > > 2.make bzImage > > > 3.cp bzImage to /boot > > > 4.edit lilo > > > 5.run lilo > > > 6.reboot > > > > > > > > > what is step 1 for patch? > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Shino -- GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
