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now everything is working,
now if i want to add some modules or enable some features, what shall i do
recompile kernel?? shall i do the same procedures and replace the image %am i right
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but one problem as the system boots, my fonts are big, earlier it will become small after some time while boo
when i changed vga = normal to vga = 773 it resulted n a blank screen
then i reread teh thread by jumbo and found i havnt enabled CONFIG_FB_VESA
# Graphics support
# CONFIG_FB_VESA is not set %and some more
it says, tehn only we get the boot logo and small fonts
You will need to recompile it because you need those features built-in into the kernel (a Y in the config file or a * on the menuconfig menu). You could avoid rebuilding if you could use them as modules but that's not the case.
why should i enable CONFIG_FB_VESA if i have a board of intel and i already selected the below things
%no other graphics card but onboard intel extreme graphics i810
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_FB_I810=m
CONFIG_FB_I810_GTF=y
CONFIG_FB_INTEL=y
quoted :gbonvehi
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You will need to recompile it because ...
as the way i had done earlier in this thread %by chinaman
why should i enable CONFIG_FB_VESA if i have a board of intel and i already selected the below things
%no other graphics card but onboard intel extreme graphics i810
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_FB_I810=m
CONFIG_FB_I810_GTF=y
CONFIG_FB_INTEL=y
quoted :gbonvehi
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You will need to recompile it because ...
recompile as the way i had done earlier in this thread ??%by chinaman
Framebuffer support needs to be built into (not module) your kernel.
I don't know if the Intel options will work. With my Nvidia card,
the new nvidiafb option does not work. This is what I have
Code:
# Graphics support
#
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y
CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y
CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=y
CONFIG_FB_SOFT_CURSOR=y
# CONFIG_FB_MACMODES is not set
# CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS is not set
# CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING is not set
# CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS is not set
# CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ASILIANT is not set
# CONFIG_FB_IMSTT is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_I810 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_INTEL is not set
# CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RADEON_OLD is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set
# CONFIG_FB_SAVAGE is not set
# CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC is not set
# CONFIG_FB_KYRO is not set
# CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_FB_GEODE is not set
# CONFIG_FB_S1D13XXX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set
#
# Console display driver support
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FONTS=y
# CONFIG_FONT_8x8 is not set
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
# CONFIG_FONT_6x11 is not set
# CONFIG_FONT_PEARL_8x8 is not set
# CONFIG_FONT_ACORN_8x8 is not set
# CONFIG_FONT_MINI_4x6 is not set
# CONFIG_FONT_SUN8x16 is not set
# CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22 is not set
#
# Logo configuration
#
CONFIG_LOGO=y
# CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO is not set
# CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16 is not set
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y
# CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT is not set
I don't think you would benefit from the Intel framebuffer, but you
can build it and try.
For other modules, there is another option in Slackware other than
recompiling your kernel. The file /etc/rc.d/rc.modules loads extra
drivers into the Linux kernel. If there is a piece of hardware that you
forgot to compile you can check that file. If it's support is in there, you
can uncomment the line and it will be loaded and you can then use it
without recompiling the kernel.
For instance, my server has a Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702
Gigabit Ethernet NIC, and at one time there wasn't support in the kernel
for that, but Pat had a module in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. So I would open the
file and uncomment it and be able to use it without recompiling the kernel.
Is there a particular device you have for which you didn't compile support?
Good job for being persistent and getting your kernel to boot! And don't
let those Windoze guys bother you ... they will have a day when some
worm, virus, or trojan disrupts their system. You might even be able to
help them recover it using a Linux LiveCD. And just remember how poorly
Micro$loth Windoze is at multi-tasking. Today I needed to copy a VCD, and
Slackware couldn't do it, so I booted Windoze to do it in Nero. I only had
the one app, Nero launched, and it was burning the CD. I opened one more
app, my Chinese software called Wenlin, and it opened very slowly.
In Slackware I can do so many things at one time...it would amaze you!
# Console display driver support
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE=m
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=m ---->[B] %change to y ??[B]
CONFIG_FONTS=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
LOGO THING
#
# Logo configuration
#
CONFIG_LOGO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO=y %what about these
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16=y % ''
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y % ''
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so i wht abt recompiling, shall i start make xconfig and start????
%will it cause an error if i open "make xconfig", whenever i got chance i could read help and enable or disable things and a final compilation
so tht i can concentrate on checked or added things, and make changes on tht
i had make my ethernet things directly into kernel not as a module
all usb stuffs are enabled %if so if i chmod -x the hotplug thing will improve kernel behaviuor
**********
i like the above example of ethernet card
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they will have a day when some
worm, virus, or trojan disrupts their system.
my earlier job was tht now learnig and doing things in slack
i was latexing so what i do is learn about VIM include latex now using vimlatex for latexing, now started [B]mc[B]
many times i used slax to retrive their files hi , but i hate knoppix
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Today I needed to copy a VCD, and Slackware couldn't do it,
Where source device is the cdrom device and device is the burner
(do a cdrdao scanbus to find correct values) You could also use
the same device in source-device and device
rkrishna, try enable CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE as built in and
for my part, I prefer compile ethernet driver as modules (never had
problem with that) some have reported issue when compile is as built-in
well keefaz mee to learned a copy command
so i need to recompile the kernel is in't it??
also plz direct me
will it cause an error if i open "make xconfig", whenever i got chance, (so tht i can take much more time on reading help)
i could read help and enable or disable things and a final compilation
You should CD to your linux-2.6.12.3/ directory, then issue:
$ make xconfig (make your changes then save the file)
$ make
then su to root and
# cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.12.3 ; ln -sf /boot/System.map-2.6.12.3 /boot/System.map
# make modules_install
# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12.3
# lilo
# reboot
The above steps will replace your present:
/boot/vmliuz-2.6.12.3
/boot/System.map-2.6.12.3
./linux-2.6.12.3/.config (and sub directories)
/lib/modules/2.6.12.3/
with these new ones.
And you should be set with a new kernel and modules.
Is is okay to build you ethernet into your kernel, or as a module.
I have 5 Slackware boxen here and do it both ways...your choice.
You will have to experiment with hotplug. I can't really tell you
how well it will work for your box.
Framebuffer console I would build in. I just posted my configuration
and you can do them all like mine. If you want to know what they
do, read the information when you select them in "make xconfig".
I need to learn LaTeX to use for my writing.
I don't have xcdroast on this system.
keefaz,
Thanks, mate! I issued it like this:
Code:
su -c "cdrdao copy --device /dev/hdb --source-device /dev/hdc"
reading from the CD-RW and burning to the DVD+/-RW and it worked fine!
Edit: And btw ... Slackware-10.2 is not released yet, so the
closest you can have is Slackware -current. There will be other
changes before it's released I do believe ...
Last edited by Bruce Hill; 08-08-2005 at 09:22 AM.
And just remember how poorly
Micro$loth Windoze is at multi-tasking. Today I needed to copy a VCD, and
Slackware couldn't do it, so I booted Windoze to do it in Nero. I only had
the one app, Nero launched, and it was burning the CD. I opened one more
app, my Chinese software called Wenlin, and it opened very slowly.
I think you are wrong here, contrary to what you say windows (at least nt based) has very good multitasking. I can burn a cd or dvd while playing a dvd, it all depends on how you have configured your environnement. I'm a Slackware and windows user for many years and I can't get used to those beople who say things against windows which are not even true.
Originally posted by glussier I think you are wrong here, contrary to what you say windows (at least nt based) has very good multitasking. I can burn a cd or dvd while playing a dvd, it all depends on how you have configured your environnement. I'm a Slackware and windows user for many years and I can't get used to those beople who say things against windows which are not even true.
Baloney ... try this on Windoze, any NT (NT, Win2K, WinXP).
These are what I've got going on this box right now. First, you
can't get the apps to launch in Windoze, but if you could, it
would choke and die ...
Originally posted by glussier What are you trying to prove? Most of what you top is showing are not processes which are using much i/o.
Showing tops displaying 50 or so processes doesn't prove much, specially when most of these processes are really very light load on a machine.
You'll never produce any evidence of your beloved Windoze
doing anywhere near the processes Slackware can run. We
can all read man pages, so if we didn't already know what
the output showed, we'd read and find out.
What I'm trying to prove is that you're saying Windoze "has
very good multitasking" and I disagree, as does everyone
who understands the OS. I'd like for you to produce some
evidence of Windoze performing the tasks that I've displayed
for you ... but alas, it can't.
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