edong23
What you have described is exactly what I did, as per "Slackware Linux Essentials: Selecting A Kernel" from www.slackware.org/book
su - to /usr/src/linux; make mrproper; make menuconfig (very, very painstakingly);make dep; make clean; make bzImage; make modules;make modules_install; copy image (as vmlinuz) and System. map to /boot; lilo, and so on.

I ended up "without a console", and had to fall back to old kernel and System.map.

I yesterday copied the config file from install CD (9.1) , and recompiled "as is" with no changes (make modules, make modules_install), and am functioning again, but with one outstanding CUPS problem (CUPS was working perfectly before). This will be the subject of a later posting: briefly my USB printer fails with device /dev/usb/lp0 not found (and indeed, there is no such URI...but there used to be!). Interestingly I can still communicate with remote SMB Printer on wife's machine, in theory, a more "complex" task than local printing.

My guess is that this is a small issue...I hope so...

Yes, I have been in Linux hell, partly from self-learning what are essentially non-trivial sysadm-related matters....installing and maintaining SAMBA, CUPS, KDE and X, not to mention these kernel and module compilations, and non-RPM-based packaging installation of RPM-based packages (IBM's DB2 for LINUX). It doesn't bother me as I am long in the industry, but not from the UNIX/LINUX side: however doing it essentially alone takes a lot of time away from my main goal, which is IBM's RDBMS on this platform...there is always a certain amount one needs to learn about any operating platform but this has taken me to "unexpected" levels .........
George

Following on from previous, after a full re-compile of all loadable kernel modules, I receive as follows when printing to the local printer (USB connect):

Unable to open USB device "usb:/dev/usb/lp0" No such device", whn trying to print to a CUPS defined printer (USB port), that has always worked until the re-compilation. I have looked at the /var/log/cups log files and they are not helpful.
A glance at /dev/usb indicates that there are many lp* entries, including lp0.
Thanks
George

SYSLOG however, is revealing.....can't locate module char-major-180
Can't find .../kernel/drivers/char/lp.o....insmod of char-major-180 failed.
I have to assume that this object modulde handles the printing for the USB connected printer. Interestingly, I can print to another machine's parallel port connected Printer (via SAMBA, presumably)...
How to resucitate this char-major-180...this lp.o?
I have just recompiled all loadable modules, as shipped on the install CD.
Georghe

i am not sure but i think i may know what you are experiencing. the slackware default lilo.conf that you select in the install is designed for framebuffer console. if you didnt go in and enable that in the kernel, it is possible that you would have no console or rather your console would not be visible. try going back into the kernel and building in support for vga text console under console drivers and video mode selection. then under frame-buffer support enable vesa frame buffer support and select the fonts vga 8x8 and 8x16. or you could just build a bunch as modules like slack does. up to you. this might help though. my thinking is that you are trying to use vesa frame buffer on boot but you dont have it enabled. not quite sure as i cannot make my system do that same as you have yours but hey,, it is worth a shot huh.

To compile the lp.o module you've to select Parallel Printer Support under the Character Devices menu.

gbonvehi - I have found that lp.o is - in fact - in place:
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o

Yes, I think I had a console but it was not visible...I am sure processing was continuing...I could later see it in SYSLOG.
At gbonvehi's suggestion, I have recompiled moudules (only) with the original config from the install CD, making no changes, so I believe that all your recommendations are in place. In other words, all required kernel loadable modules should be in place, such as those you mentioned. Certainly that is what the shipped config file indicates.
Is there a "desirable' vga setting for lilo? I believe it came shipped with vga=773, and I later changed it to greater colors (VGA=791). I cannot say under which value I was running at the time. By they way, what is "normal"? You can see there are no values given (assuming 640*480*some value)
Here is the current piece of lilo.conf:
boot = /dev/hda6
lba32
compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
prompt
timeout = 50
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773
# Normal VGA console
# vga = normal
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256

I am wondering if I can select a "vanilla" value, to seek to eliminate this problem of no console? I do know that for a time I had bumped it up to 64K cols (value=791). Presumably "normal" is the safest? And the hardest to read?
George

vga=normal would be no framebuffer, and it will solve the no console problem.
It's not harder to read, you just don't get a graphical resolution but one based on characters.
Personally I prefer to use no framebuffer to avoid some corruption you may get when switching between X.

gbonvehi
Again, thanks.
I changed my lilo to "vga normal", re-ran lilo, recopied the bootsector to floppy, and then to WIN C:\ (from which I dual-boot), and LINUX came up, kind of uglier for one who prefers to work in command line mode, but it is fine. And if it solves the dreaded "no console" problem, better still.
I must say that I am at wits end here. I did re-compile all loadable modules as you suggested, and got my NIC card support back (a great relief), and I am writing to you right now using that card on the LINUX machine. However...I lost iptables (not found), and usb printing (as previously discussed in post #17), and just now noticed I have no NTFS support (these WIN partitions are defined in fstabs, which has always caused them to me mounted)! And I still don't have the HIGHMEM which started this whole thing, since I was unable to compile kernel and bring it up (with a visible console). The thing is, I know that these missing modules are loaded modules, either in the kernel, or loadable on demand. And if they are not, they should be. How do I know this? Becasue I am running with the kernel as shipped (date Sep 2003), and as noted, have recompiled all loadable modules (only) using the config file, also as shipped.
So, I just have no explanation for this. I am thinking of one last careful walkthrough make menuconfig, making all rewuired changes, and removing many of the redundant modules (IRDA, bluetooth, radio etc., etc.) and compile both kernel and modules, hoping that the console - at least - will come up. I have a lspci output, so I know precisely what hardware I have (on that bus, at least...he has never, ever founds my CS 4614/22/24 Crystal SoundFusion card, but I can live without that...my goal is to run a DBMS!!!) While realize one cannnot become a LINUX (or any other) SYSADM in a day, week or year, I do feel that it is most odd to lose both USB printing and a (nt)fs, simply by virtue of a re-compile of modules out of the box! I am just totally befuddled.
It was always my intent to install a RedHat distro once I had gotten this system into tip-top shape (since RH is rpm-based, and IBM's DB2 is rpm-based), but this is just too exhausting. It has been a week now, and it's very frustrating, but I must say you - in particular - have been very helpful.
I am missing some central concept here.....I just don't know what it is I am missing (other than a few modules....)
George

Hi George, it's my pleasure to help people, I'm giving back to the community what they've provided to me, a valuable help.

I think you're figuring out how linux and the kernel works. It takes a time until your fully understand it, that's where patience goes in and it's great to see that you've it

About the kernel, it's always better to start from scratch to undesrtand fully of it, I know you know most stuff I'm going to explain, but maybe I can help you to figure how this all things works.

The kernel a key piece, it's loaded before all stuff to help programs to communicate with all the devices. LILO is in charge of loading it but does nothing else.
Once the kernel is loaded, it will detect most things it can and run the programs to initialize the whole system.

You can compile modules (drivers) in two ways:
One - Directly into the kernel (markes as a * in menuconfig). This drivers doesn't need to be loaded, because they're already in the kernel which is loaded by LILO before all stuff. So you must and it's better to compile stuff you always use into it. Like hard-disk and filesystems support (this is a MUST), support for TCP/IP, your network cards, video stuff. I guess you got the point.
Two - These are what we know as modules. The kernel, to load a module has to know how to read the disk and the files in it, that's why you need to compile the hard-disk and filesystems built-in into the kernel. Most of us compile stuff that we might use some day here or that we don't use often.

What I'm trying to achieve? Well, I'd recommend you to start again, selecting all very carefully and read the comments about the options, you might not know about one, read it's comment and do what's suggested (usually it's the right option), except for those thing you know you really have or are really needed.
I know, you just want a RDBMS and I'm sure this is very frustrating to you, but once you're done you'll understand how things work.

Also if you don't want to go trough all this, post the exactly commands you're using to recompile the default kernel, there shoudn't be any problems using the default config, maybe you're missing some step.

I really like see people trying to learn and I hope you keep trying it.

Best Regards,

Guillermo

Guillermo
Thank you. I will do as you suggest. Before (once again) stepping carefully through all the many make menuconfig options and selecting what I want/don't want, and, of those I do want, which should be built-in, and which should be kernel demand loadable, here is what I have done recently, with the shipped kernel, Map and config (from install CD). Let me note that my kernel is "as shipped", out of the box, but my loadable modules...well they have been customized, by me, since my make modules and make modules_install worked, (I believe), whereas kernel build did not (and I had to fall back) . So, current state is:

a) kernel and loadable modules - are not one "unit", as shipped, are not "out of the box", due to module re-install (recall that I somehow lost network card support and had to re-compile (all)modules from the shipped config.);

b) I do not know if there is a way to fall back to a state such that kernel and loadable modules are in sync, as shipped, (without re-installing everything from scratch. I have done much painstaking configuration to get SAMBA, CUPS, etc to work, and do not wish to risk losing that work. It was done painstakingly by me, working alone at night, over a year, and it was to more than just many .conf files. For example I remember modifying certain "mime" files for CUPS, having to enable SMB backend support for CUPS to share a networked SMB printer etc., and that is hard to remember what it was, and where it was, to back it up, etc...It is more than a simple backup of /etc, is what I am saying....). Perhaps an experienced sysdam could re-installl and re-create it all quickly. Certainly this is the WIN way, but I think it is an admision of defeat .... Certainly, it is not done in the real world of commerce ("Hey George, I can't print today". "No problem, let's just take down the machine, reinstall and re-compile the entire OS...")

You asked me "Also if you don't want to go trough all this, post the exactly commands you're using to recompile the default kernel, there shoudn't be any problems using the default config, maybe you're missing some step."

Here it all is..............

I have followed "Selecting a kernel", from Slackware book Ch4. System Configuration, at http://www.slackware.org.book/index....rce=x948.html.

This is the process (probably kown by heart to experienced guys here):
su -
cd /usr/src/linux
make mrproper
make menuconfig, or do it from within KDE which has a Linux Options option, which may or may not be the same thing as make xconfig. It gives all the options and saves to any specified location, usually .config. Let me note in passing that I have observed that make mrproper deletes the old .config (or so I have read in a book on RedHat: of course I realize this is not RHAT, but SWare).

Carefully select what you want for kernel (typically with a "y"), loadable as a module, on demand, (typically with "m"), or don't want at all ("n").

Save it - presumably to .config in /usr/src/linux

#prepare and build kernel
make dep
make clean
make bzImage

#build the modules
make modules
make modules_install Note here: this step is NOT in the document I mentioned above. I think it is a Documentation error.

Install the new kernel:

mv /boot /vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz.old <==========save the old Linux kernel
cat arch/i386/boot/zImage > /boot/vmlinuz <==========replace the the kernel
mv /boot/System.map /boot/System.map.old <==========save the old Map
cp System.map /boot/System.map <==========replace the new Map

In /etc/ lilo.conf, make a stanza for the "old" linux image ., thereby providing LILO with the "new" and the "old" so that you can fall back if required. I have had to boot back ino the "old", in exactly this way.

Run lilo, get back a message like "Added SWareLinux2.4.22"

The next is part is optional, for WIN Dual boot users, and I do it:

Copy the first 512 bytes of boot sector with "DD" command to disk, and then to a floppy diskette.

Boot to WIN, and copy that diskette file to c:\filename, such that this filename is referenced as a boot option in WIN 's boot.ini:
{[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
c:\linux.bin="Linux"}

Boot Win, and select the second option ("Linux", above) which launches our new LILO, and then select the "new" LINUX, which corresponds to the recompiled kernel, as copied above. This has always worked for me, I get the first few lines of boot text, but just when the penguin should be drawn (is he "tux"?)...at that part of the boot (init?) process, the console went blank. When I later booted to the "old" kernel, the one we added to end of lilo.conf, indicated to me from SYSLOG that there was no console available. I have no explanation for this, and fell back to the saved kernel. Note that I have since adjusted my lilo.conf to "vga=normal".
Falling back caused me to lose network card support (no explanation), so I recompiled all modules using the shipped config , and got it back, but then lost USB printing, Ip_tables (launched from rc.local), and various DOS type filesystems support (NTFS, FAT).

That has been my process, along with what has gone wrong for me. Perhaps one day this thread will prove helpful to others. Bu that is where I am right now.
Thanks
George

Guillermo
I went throught the process again, and had more luck (the exact process as described above). I have HIGHMEM, and a couple more features, althought here are still a couple of glithces. The main one is: I still have a problem with my local printer, and later will append the entire messages file. Basically, it is connected by USB cable to one of two (rear) USB ports (Logitech kbd attached to other). It has always worked, until I started fooling around (always the case, heh?) lpq command always tells me PANASONIC is not ready.

CUPS was - and still is - correctly configured a long time ago. Nothing has been changed there (cupsd.conf, printers.conf and the ppd files).

My feeling is that the OS might be getting confused at to the location of the printer..is it USB or is it parallel (I installed Parallel support...you never know when you might want to free up the USB port, and revert to parallel port)????. That is my guess, but I think that is wrong... Or perhaps lpr crept back into the system? I have a recollection over a year ago, when configuring CUPS, that the presence of lpr conflicted with CUPS, and had to be disabled/removed. I did that and printing was fine. Is it possible that compile of kernel and modules put lpr back (I guess it is)? In any case, I have to take a break, and spend time with the daughter at school carnival. Let's see if I can paste the messages file from var/log:
George
Jun 11 15:09:58 george syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: 639MB HIGHMEM available.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: 896MB LOWMEM available.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Initializing CPU#0
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Memory: 1551148k/1572316k available (1409k kernel code, 20784k reserved, 521k data, 100k init, 654812k highmem)
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes)
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Buffer cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: CPU: L2 cache: 256K
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Intel machine check architecture supported.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: ...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 1 ... ok.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: ..TIMER: vector=0x31 pin1=2 pin2=0
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: testing the IO APIC.......................
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: .................................... done.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfbe9e, last bus=2
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX [8086/2440] at 00:1f.0
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I31,P3) -> 19
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I31,P1) -> 17
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I31,P2) -> 18
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B1,I0,P0) -> 16
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B2,I7,P0) -> 16
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B2,I8,P0) -> 17
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B2,I9,P0) -> 18
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: See Documentation/networking/vortex.txt
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: 02:09.0: 3Com PCI 3c905C Tornado at 0xec00. Vers LK1.1.18-ac
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: product code 514b rev 00.3 date 12-01-01
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Full duplex capable
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: 8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, 100baseTX interface.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: 02:09.0: scatter/gather enabled. h/w checksums enabled
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 1430M
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: agpgart: Detected Intel i850 chipset
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe8000000
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: ICH2: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:1f.1
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: ICH2: chipset revision 4
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: ICH2: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hdaMA, hdbio
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdcMA, hddio
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: hda: 156355584 sectors (80054 MB) w/1819KiB Cache, CHS=9732/255/63, UDMA(100)
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Partition check:
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 hda7 >
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: host/uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xff80, IRQ 19
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xff60, IRQ 18
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hid
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: printer.c: v0.11: USB Printer Device Class driver
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 16384 buckets, 128Kbytes
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: ds: no socket drivers loaded!
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 100k freed
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.2-1, assigned address 2
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard] on usb1:2.0
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard] on usb1:2.1
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: Adding Swap: 160608k swap-space (priority -1)
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.2-2, assigned address 3
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04DA pid 0x0F43
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: cdrom: open failed.
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/O MODULE]
Jun 11 15:09:59 george kernel: i810_rng hardware driver 0.9.8 loaded
Jun 11 15:10:00 george sshd[582]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
Jun 11 15:10:06 george kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP(,...)]
Jun 11 15:10:06 george kernel: parport0: irq 7 detected
Jun 11 15:10:06 george kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
Jun 11 15:10:10 george /usr/sbin/gpm[653]: imps2: Auto-detected intellimouse PS/2
Jun 11 15:10:43 george kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1f.2-2 address 3
Jun 11 15:10:43 george kernel: printer.c: usblp0: removed
Jun 11 15:10:50 george kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.2-2, assigned address 4
Jun 11 15:10:51 george kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 4 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04DA pid 0x0F43
Jun 11 15:10:54 george usb.agent[783]: ... no modules for USB product 4da/f43/0
Jun 11 15:16:01 george sshd[1185]: Did not receive identification string from 127.0.0.1
Jun 11 15:16:01 george in.identd[1193]: reply to 127.0.0.1: 32776 , 21 : USERID : OTHER :0
Jun 11 15:16:01 george in.identd[1194]: reply to 127.0.0.1: 32776 , 21 : USERID : OTHER :0

G
Let me say I started the printer from CUPS, and all seems fine!!!. I really need to get out now, but still feel the need to review those messages.
Again, thanks, and like Arnold, I'll be back...
Later.
George

Cool!! i like it when people get stuff working.

edong34...yes it was certainly a relief....
I still don't have sound card support (never did), but can live without that.
I am also curious if there is a (endorsed) upgrade path from 9.1 directly to 10.1. I have downloaded 10.1, but Patrick's notes refer to "from 10.0 to 10.1". Clearly V2.6 would be of greatest interest, with hardware support of sophisticated features, like Direct I/O on block devices, and cetain types of asynch I/O.

Again, I can live with what I have: I have all the major functionality, and can now exploit my 1.5GB of RAM.

I realize this might be the wrong place to ask this, but what is the view of SlackWare vs. an enterprise RedHat or SuSe distro? I ask simply because these been validated ("blessed") by IBM for use of DB2 UDB in a production environment. Certainly the non-RPM-based native packaging format has caused me a lot of grief.....
You cansee them here:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data...inux/validate/

I don't want to start a "religious" debate: just curious what users of multiple distributions think, comparing the two? In the end, it doesn't matter what anybody thinks, since Corporate America - if it wants to use IBM's DB2 on LINUX - will go with what is validated/officially supported by the vendor (IBM)...and who can blame them......... I still have RedHat in the box, and that is probably the next undertaking, on another partition....

George