Re: AX.25 & drivers in the standard kernel package
Hi Ron,
On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 10:44:13AM -0500, Ron Stordahl wrote:
> I raised this question (If AX.25 is ready to use in Debian 2.1r2) with
> Harnish, having read some of his postings.
>
> I have the multi-cd set of Debian 2.1r2. I have tried to install the
> pre-rolled Standard Workstation profile with limited success, it asks nearly
> endless questions during the install process, few of which I have the
> knowledge to answer. I believe I will start over with the 'Minimum'
> configuration and then try to add things as I need them. I wanted X because
> without it apparently I am limited to SVGA low resolution, where most
> anything interesting scrolls off the screen before I can read it, worse than
> the old teletype days, at least then the letters were still on the paper.
> But I have been unable to get X to go, although I had it working fine about
> 6 months ago with an earlier realease of Red Hat. Being a glutton for
> punishment I scrapped Red Hat and I am now struggling with Debian. I intend
> to get X working with Debian some how!
You can scroll back a text console with shift-PgUp.
Also svgatextmode can be used to get more lines and more characters per
line on your screen.
If you want something really minimal, don't even choose the minimum
profile, but just go into dselect and choose what you want (probably
this may be a bit overwhelming for a beginner).
>
> If its true that I will need to recompile the kernal in order to get AX.25
> to function, well then I will need to learn how. I realize that there are
> documents for everything, however I am interested in ham radio first and
> computers are secondary. If I have to switch the order of these for a while
> to use Linux for ham radio, well I will have to do it, but I believe it
> would discourage most hams. But I am not easily discouraged.
>
> So I will give this a shot and post questions as I go, there will be many I
> am sure!
>
> Ron N5IN
>
> Below Bob says that 'real Linuxers compile their own custom kernels '.....
> Thats probably true. There are likely good technical reasons to leave out
> anything which less than 1% of the users would have any interest in. But if
> it takes a 'real Linuxer' to make use of Linux in ham applications there
> won't be many of them.
Don't worry. It's a learning process and the mailing lists are a good
source of help. I've been a ham for 47 years and a Linux user for only
five years (three months Slackware, two years Red Hat and the rest
Debian. I compiled my first kernel after less than a month (it's really
easy, besides the probing for my ancient CD-ROM wouldn't work most of
the time).
You probably want a newer kernel than the default in any case (was it
2.0.32?) Those needed a patch and recompile for AX.25, while the later
ones (2.0.38 is the latest 2.0 kernel) have the patch changes built in.
Bob, W6SWE
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