Re: Newbie compiling kernel...

[Paul Mackinney <paul@mackinney.net>]

Viktor Rosenfeld muttered:
> Hint2: I usually do
> 
> - cd /path/to/kernel/sources (/usr/local/src/linux-2.4.10 these days)
> - make menuconfig
> - make-kpkg clean
> - make-kpkg --revision=<hostname>.<increasing-number> kernel_image
> - dpkg ../kernel-image-2.4.10_<hostname>.<increasing-number>*
> - reboot
> 
> Beware, I use grub, so if you use lilo, then you'll have to reinstall
> lilo.
> 
On the topic of Newbie Kernel advice, I upgraded from Potato to Woody, 
then finally bit the bullet and used make-kpkg to upgrade to 2.4.x.

Two problems:
1. APM used to work via the following line in /etc/lilo.conf

    append="apm=on"

  The behavior I'm looking for is just to have a shutdown power off 
  the CPU, its' a Celeron/CopperMine on an AMD board.

  I configured the kernel with xconfig, and compiled "Advanced Power 
  Management BIOS support" into the kernel (not as module) under 
  General Setup. Now it doesn't power off with or without the line in
  lilo.conf.

  I'm going to try adding the "Use real mode APM BIOS call to power
  off" option, but I'd love to hear if anyone knows this will work.

2. Getting sound to work. I just want to be able to play an occasional
   audio CD and listen to web presentations(flash, etc).

  I have a generic Ensoniq 1371 PCI sound card. First I compiled 
  support directly into the kernel. Then when I ran sndconfig, I got
  an error telling me it had to be installed as a loadable module.

  So I reinstalled the kernel, this time as a module. Now dmesg 
  seems to indicate that things are OK:

    es1371: version v0.30 time 22:12:24 Nov  5 2001
    PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:11.0
    PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:07.2
    PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:09.0
    es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x1371 revision 0x02
    es1371: found es1371 rev 2 at io 0xec00 irq 11
    es1371: features: joystick 0x0

  But sndconfig gives me the following error:

     PCI Probe Results           
                                                            
     A PCI sound card was found in your    
     system. The details are:              
                                                            
     Model: Unknown vendor|unknown    
     device 1274:1371                      
                                                            
  (BTW: I don't have a joystick, but when I boot the computer under 
   a non-windows OK, it plays CDs just fine.)

TIA, Paul

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Paul Mackinney
paul@mackinney.net