James wrote: apt-get install libncurses5-dbg did the trick. now the 'make menuconfig' works now so it's off to trying to find the modules to support (2) usb cameras: the web cam and the quickcamIf anybody has deb packages or ides how to get these working, under kernel version
2.4.18, let me know James
OK,It took me a few days, but, I decided to experiment with kernel building on a separate systemfor now. These steps work until I enter in: 'mak,e menuconfig' which give me this error: You must have Ncurses installed in order to use 'make menuconfig'Numerous attempts to find the *.deb package that has the libcurses, ncurses or curses stuff, have resulted in several additional packages containing *curses* but nothing correctsthis error? Ideas? James Andrew Perrin wrote:You're confusing debian versions with kernel versions. Debian woody (3.0)can run on top of a 2.4.x kernel - I do it with 2.4.20, which I had to download by hand from packages.debian.org, but if you're OK with 2.4.18, you can get it with apt-get: cd /usr/src apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18 bunzip2 kernel-source*bz tar xf kernel-source-2.4.18.tar cd kernel-source-2.4.18 make menuconfig ... make-kpkg kernel_image cd .. dpkg -i ./kernel-image-..... should do it. ap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, James wrote:Hello, I need many of the new features in a 2.4 based kernel on my portable. However, I like the Stable packages, as I have not had any issues, except my own lack of knowledge of Debian on a laptop. I read that may people are running 2.4.x kernels on their portables. Is there a (semi) stable release of Debian 2.4, that I can run on a portable? I have a Prostar P-IV running at 2GHz.... I have not tried to fix these 2.2 problems: /dev/dsp device not found and not working i.e. no sound. (I prefer Alsa)CD/DVD anything as the native deb install does not allow much ofanything to work I install with floppies....Could a portable boot 2 kernels (2.2.a and 2.4) from lilo without havingthe installed packages wig out? This way I can test everything on the same portable BEFORE making a permanent commitment to 2.4. Is 2.4.x near a formal release for Debian? I really do not want to install everthing twice, but, if I have to I could do this and test all that is critical on 2.4, before deleteing the 2.2 kernel and packages? Suggestions and pointers to a howto? Actually, this is hopefully answered somewhere(in a howto) ???? I also want to add xawtv and many other MPEG4 packages, but, they only seem to run on a 2.4 kernel. Ideas and suggestions are most welcome! James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-request@lists.debian.orgwith a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org