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Then use the menu to load the config fcp -v .config /boot/config-2.6.32.8ile I want. Save it to .config
Just to make sure, what is the result of running the command "uname -r"? I just want to be very sure that 2.6.32.8ile is actually your kernel and thus config-2.6.32.8ile is a valid config. It's not that I mistrust you, I just can't see over your shoulder.
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And, can you explain what this "config fcp -v .config" thing is when you say "Then use the menu to load the config fcp -v .config". I don't know what "fcp -v" means.
Last edited by Quakeboy02; 03-20-2010 at 07:40 PM.
Just to make sure, what is the result of running the command "uname -r"? I just want to be very sure that 2.6.32.8ile is actually your kernel and thus config-2.6.32.8ile is a valid config. It's not that I mistrust you, I just can't see over your shoulder.
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And, can you explain what this "config fcp -v .config" thing is when you say "Then use the menu to load the config fcp -v .config". I don't know what "fcp -v" means.
The line :
Then use the menu to load the config fcp -v .config /boot/config-2.6.32.8ile I want. Save it to .config
Should read:
Then use the menu to load the config file I want.
I'm sorry if this is being obtuse, but I don't get why you would do this. That simply replaces the copy in /boot with the .config file from your current directory. Didn't you would want to run this, instead?
I'm sorry if this is being obtuse, but I don't get why you would do this. That simply replaces the copy in /boot with the .config file from your current directory. Didn't you would want to run this, instead?
Code:
cp -v /boot/config-2.6.32.7 .config
That copy is one of the last steps. these are the last three steps prior to a reboot:
I'm sorry if this is being obtuse, but I don't get why you would do this. That simply replaces the copy in /boot with the .config file from your current directory. Didn't you would want to run this, instead?
Code:
cp -v /boot/config-2.6.32.7 .config
Actually not only do I not have USB input, I can use an old keyboard and mouse. Xt is enabled in the kernel, but my XT keyboad doesn't work either. So I have not input.
What I am trying to verify is that you originally got the config from /boot/config-`uname -r` (theconfig file for the running kernel). I'd also like to verify that you ran "make oldconfig".
Actually not only do I not have USB input, I can use an old keyboard and mouse. Xt is enabled in the kernel, but my XT keyboad doesn't work either. So I have not input.
I'm sorry, I don't understand your point, here. Either there is a kernel that runs, or there isn't. The kernel that runs, by definition, has a config file that will result in a running kernel for that kernel version.
I'm sorry, I don't understand your point, here. Either there is a kernel that runs, or there isn't. The kernel that runs, by definition, has a config file that will result in a running kernel for that kernel version.
I have a working kernel. I just have no means of direct input via keyboard or mouse. That's what this thread has been aal about.
What I am trying to verify is that you originally got the config from /boot/config-`uname -r` (theconfig file for the running kernel). I'd also like to verify that you ran "make oldconfig".
No, I'm not getting the configuration file from /boot.config. I have several configuration files I have tried including the one I received from Drakeo. I execute the make menuconfig and load the file I want to try, like the one Drakeo posted.
After I exit 'make menuconfig", it is written to the same name I loaded. At that point I just rename it to .config and type 'make'.
OK, then one final question: why haven't you started with the config file that you know works on your machine?
I tried that early on, that Centos configuration uses initrd. When I tried that one, it didn't even boot up. I guess I could try removing the two entries that refer to initrd. That's one thing I haven't tried. As far as I know, there are only two entries:
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM and CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTRO
The CentOS that works uses the old Grub, I am now trying to use Grub2.
Note that it has instrunctions and comments about initrd.
No, the only reason I brought up CentOS is that I know the inputs, but USB and otherwise work on this machine. I am work on another OS now, on the same machine that had CentOS on it.
So all I am saying is, I know there is a configurtion that works, I just haven't found it.
No, the only reason I brought up CentOS is that I know the inputs, but USB and otherwise work on this machine. I am work on another OS now, on the same machine that had CentOS on it.
Can you tell us which distro?
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So all I am saying is, I know there is a configurtion that works, I just haven't found it.
As I have already stated, it's at /boot/config-`uname -r`, by definition.
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