Thus spake Michael Fontenot: > > If I need a new module (one that I didn't know > about when I did my initial Debian install), do > I have to build a new kernel to get that module, > or can I just install the module now somehow? > > Specifically, I want to be able to do java development. > I did an apt-get of jdk1.1-native and jdk1.1-native-dev > (from stable). The debian FAQ says: > > "Debian's default kernel is configured with Java support > built in as a module...You need to make sure the module > is loaded. You can do it at boot time by inserting the line > binfmt_java in the file /etc/modules." > > I did that, but on reboot it couldn't find binfmt_java. I tried > to apt-get binfmt_java, but it couldn't find it. > > I suspect that during installation I failed to specify that I > wanted java support, so that binfmt_java isn't included > in my kernel. If so, is there any way to add it now, or > do I have to build a new kernel? (On installation, I > opted for the "vanilla" kernel, 2.2r3"). > > Or, is it possible that java support is now compiled > directly into the kernel (i.e., is no longer a module)? > > Mike Fontenot > mlfasf@home.com Modules aren't apt-gettable, unfortunately, but it's fairly painless to make a new one available. cd /usr/src/linux make xconfig (or menuconfig) Now here's the interesting part - I'musing 2.4.12, and I no longer have any sources for 2.2, so YMMV - following is from 2.4.x series. Go to General Setup There should me an option for "kernel support for java" - slectthis as a module. (On 2.4.x it's something else, but I'm guessing this is right) Save & exit make clean make dep make modules make modules_install insmod binfmt_java Good to go - I hope. Good luck, Steve -- It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire. -- Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
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