Re: Suggestions Needed
Hi,
maggio@oapa.astropa.unipa.it wrote:
> At the moment I just need some suggestions maily related to installation
> details:
>
I'll answer those that I am familiar with:
> 1- I've installed kernel support for several modules, including some
> I don't really need. How do I avoid these extra modules from being
> loaded at boot time ? Shall I just delete them from the list in
> /etc/modules (if I remember correctly) ?
>
That's correct. By the way, some modules depend on other modules, but you only need to
include the highest level of the dependency hierarchy in the /etc/modules list.
> 2- As for network support, I just need PPP, not SLIP (although the SLIP
> module is needed eventually to run diald, I understand).
> After several unsuccessful attempts and some (hard) reading of messages
> on this mailing list, I realized that at boot time only
> the SLIP devices are configured (cat /proc/net/dev shows only sl0, ..., sl4),
> and that the script "ppp" in /etc/inet.d should be edited to change
> a 0 to 1, in order to have ppp activated (IMHO this info should be
> made easier to find ...). At the end, I got ONE device (ppp0) which
> allowed me to run pppd successfully. Now, how do I get rid of the four SLIP
> devices I don't need ? Why I got only one PPP device, instead of 4 ?
> (Although it's not clear to me if I need the other three devices ...).
You only need one SLIP device for use with diald. The rest are superfluous, although I
don't know how to eliminate them (kernel modification, I think). ppp0, ppp1, etc don't
appear to be created until ifconfig is executed (pppd does this for you). Right now,
only my ISP connection is up so I have ppp0, but when I connect to another machine
over a null modem cable, I get ppp1. comp.os.linux.networking(?) is probably a better
place for more detailed responses.
>
> 3- In order to use the modem I've to load the PCMCIA card manager daemon.
[...]
> what is the proper way to fire up PCMCIA daemons in Debian/Linux ?
I think that /etc/init.d/README gives a good explanation for writing new scripts.
Debian is my first *nix system as an administrator, so the init layout seems quite
logical to me. :)
>
> 4- I understand that diald doesn't work with cua? devices, but only with
> ttyS? ones. [...]
True, but I don't know the solution to your problem. Perhaps you could write a script
(or modify /etc/init.d/diald) to parse the symlink and then choose the appropriate
ttyS? to invoke diald with.
> 5- Finally, one suggestion I would like to give to developers:
> In order to have my PS/2 busmouse working, I had to manually create
> the /dev/psaux device (hinted at by the Busmouse.howto). Why this device
> is not part of the standard setup ?
I use /dev/psmouse for my PS/2 busmouse. Isn't that the same on laptops?
>
> Sorry for the length of this message. I hope this may also help other users
> of Debian/Linux on laptops.
>
I'm sure that any patches that you find necessary will also help other Debian laptop
users.
Enjoy!
--
Jeff Ebert
jebert@earthlink.net
ho-hum
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