From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from gscodenh01.cr.usgs.gov ([136.177.7.10]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DNbsT-0003pX-00 for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:25:49 -0400 Received: from PUNK ([130.118.172.119]) by gscodenh01.cr.usgs.gov (Lotus Domino Release 6.5.2) with SMTP id 2005041813251615-49248 ; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:25:16 -0600 Message-ID: <011b01c5444c$59ec5170$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> From: "Sean McMahon" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20050412145454.GA13008@blackbox> <20050413111406.GA3938@blackbox> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:25:16 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on gscodenh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 6.5.2|June 01, 2004) at 04/18/2005 13:25:16, Serialize by Router on gscodenh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 6.5.2|June 01, 2004) at 04/18/2005 13:25:48, Serialize complete at 04/18/2005 13:25:48 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: Re: alsa in Debian using the stock 2.4.27 kernel wasRe:hello listers X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean McMahon , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 19:25:50 -0000 One other thing, the command really is make-kpkg kernel_image kernel_image is not being used as the substitute for some other file name. Sourceforge has a newbedoc project with a doc for kernel-package. I can send the url to you if you like. Kenny, do you know what the kernel-tree and kernel-build packages are used fore? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenny Hitt" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 4:14 AM Subject: Re: alsa in Debian using the stock 2.4.27 kernel wasRe:hello listers > Hi. > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 11:14:26AM -0400, Eric Kosten wrote: > > > Kernel-package packages my 2.4.27 kernel?? Does this allow me to then keep > > an immage of the kernel for a "fall-back form"? > > Yes. > > > kernel immage being the 2.6.11.7 kernel source tree that I just downloaded?? > > file name: patch-2.6.11.7.bz2 > > > Did you download linux-2.6.11.7.bz2? > I believe the files from kernel.org that start with patch are used to > update an existing 2.6 kernel source of an earlier version to the new > version. Since you are going from 2.4.27, you should download > linux-2.6.11.7.tar.bz2. > > > This is rather confusing since I have built a total of 2 kernels and this > > with the help of a friend. > > I'm guessing, but your friend probably built the kernel the way > described in the docs that come in the kernel source tree. This will > work on Debian, but you will have to do some things manually that will > be done for you using the kernel-package program. > > One example is if you used grub as your boot loader. the "make install" > command doesn't understand Debian's grub, so you will have to edit > /boot/grub/menu.lst manually after you are done. The kernel-package is > a Debian program, so it knows about Debian's grub. > > Hope this helps. > Kenny > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup