[wplug] I'm a Linux whimp (need kernel help)

Robert E. Coutch robert.coutch at verizon.net
Fri Aug 12 14:53:26 EDT 2005


Hey - that's a hot tip.  Thanks!!

I haven't had time to start fooling with that laptop since I send that first 
email to the group.

Work has been keeping me very busy so I'll take another swing at the laptop 
this weekend.

-Bob

On Friday 12 August 2005 08:37 am, Poyner, Brandon wrote:
> > Well - It looks like I need to make a kernel config !!!
> >
> > These are the things I have nightmares about.
> > Wish me luck - I'm going in.
>
> Since I didn't see anybody else mention it, one thing SuSe does is
> include the current kernel configuration inside the kernel itself, which
> you can find at /proc/config.gz.  They have made it as simple as:
>
> cd /usr/src/linux && make cloneconfig
>
> Of course you could also 'zcat /proc/config.gz > /usr/src/linux/.config'
> and work it from there with 'make oldconfig'.
>
> Brandon Poyner
> Network Engineer III
> CCAC - College Office
> 412-237-3086
>
>
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