Re: newbie trying to get network to work

[Bertrik Sikken <bertrik@zonnet.nl>]

Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>    What is Alfred's patch and where can I find it?
>
> http://www.update.uu.se/~ams/gnumach-nic-update.diff.gz
>
> You will need the autoconf patch by Marco to be able to compile it
> though, I inlined it for you.  You will need to run the following
> commands though:
>
> ,----
> | cd SOURCE_DIR
> | autoconf --force
> | aclocal --force
> | autoheader --force
> | cd linux
> | autoconf -I.. --force
> `----

Great, I got it to work!

After Marco told me how to build mig, I was able to build the new
kernel. (After fiddling with --enable-<something> for ./configure),
the new kernel actually booted and already correctly detected my
ethernet card, however setting up the translator would cause a hard
hang.

Alfred's patch applied nicely on top of Marco's, except for a
harmless conflict in a dnl (=comment?) line. Now the hard hang is
gone and I am able to ping my gateway.

Thanks guys, for helping me out.
I hope I can do something in return.

All the best,
Bertrik