Re: kernel-config
Tim Sailer wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Mikael Hallendal wrote:
> > > I try to get the sound working i linux and when I do make config in th
> > > kernel-source I'm aksed
> > > to enter the I/O-base but the only thing that happens is that it says
> > > 'no help is available.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me, please!
> Nope.. this is a known bug (I think). No matter what you enter, it
> gives the 'no help' message. A newer version of the kernel-source
> package will help (I think again).
This is nearly a FAQ ;-)
You may want to read /usr/doc/kernel-package/Problems.gz about what happens.
I include the patch from Manoj Srivastava that you'll find there.
--- scripts/Configure.dist Mon Jan 20 14:43:24 1997
+++ scripts/Configure Tue Jan 21 05:41:30 1997
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
def=${old:-$3}
while :; do
readln "$1 ($2) [$def] " "$def" "$old"
- if expr "$ans" : '0$\|-?[1-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null; then
+ if expr "$ans" : '0$\|-\?[1-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null; then
define_int "$2" "$ans"
break
else
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
while :; do
readln "$1 ($2) [$def] " "$def" "$old"
ans=${ans#*[x,X]}
- if expr "$ans" : '[0-9a-fA-F]+$' > /dev/null; then
+ if expr "$ans" : '[0-9a-fA-F]\+$' > /dev/null; then
define_hex "$2" "$ans"
break
else
HTH,
Ulf
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