Re: Sound Problem (Woody)
> On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:42:02 +0100 Chris Lale <ctlale@netscape.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I successfully tried the third option and installed kernel 2.4.10 from
>> the source package on the Woody CDROM. You can find a HOWTO ("Creating
>> custom kernels with Debian's kernel-packaging system") at
>> http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> Here are a few ammendments to the HOWTO for Woody: 4.1 make
>> xconfig: Woody can't do this because X is already running. Use
>> "make menuconfig" instead
>
>
> I don't understand this. make xconfig seems to work OK with me
>
> - Richard..
>
What I mean is this. If you install Woody from the i386 Binary CDROMS
and follow as many default options as possible, you end up with a login
controlled by, for example, gdm. I am assuming that most users will
install this way. You can then run either xterm within X, or use a
virtual terminal (ctrl + F1) to do all the "make" stuff.
This is what I did:
1. Install from CDROM (choosing X and desktop in tasksel) and set gdm as
default.
2. Before re-booting (or when logged into a terminal session as root)
edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf to allow root user to login. If you don't do
this, you will not be able to run any X progams as root (including "make
xconfig").
I just thought that using "make menuconfig" would avoid this possible
problem.
Chris.
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