Re: Urgent Help Needed: CONFIG_PARPORT not enabled
On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 21:47, Robert Vangel wrote:
> Vernon Webb said:
> > I hate to do it but could in some quick need of a way to add parrellel
> > support for my Debain Woody box. I'm new to Debian and have no idea why it
> > wasn't installed in the first place, but any way I need to have the
> > following enabled:
> >
> > CONFIG_PARPORT
> > CONFIG_PARPORT_PC
> > CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED
> >
> > Does this mean I have to reconfigure the kernal? If so what is the easy way
> > to do this? Can someone point me to an easy to follow HowTo?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
>
> You can go into your kernel's source directory, do "make menuconfig", and go
> to the "Parrellel port support" section (2.4). 2.6 is under a second menu I
> think (Device Drivers or something similar). Go through and make sure
> everything you want is selected.
>
> Depending on how you do it (module or compiled in) you may have to do a "make
> dep install" (2.4) / "make install" (2.6) or make modules modules_install
>
if you want parallel port support for a printer, then you will also want
to enable parallel port printer under character devices.
-matt
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