Re: Kernel configuration could not be read?

[cmetzler@speakeasy.net]

> What does this mean, please? Anything to worry about?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Benjamin

I don't have an answer for the question that you're asking in this
post to the list.  I would like, nevertheless, to offer you a bit
of advice.  I promise you that I don't mean this as any kind of a
slam; if I did, I wouldn't take the time to write this, since the
main reason I don't participate here as much as I used to is because
of being so bloody busy.

You are making a lot of posts asking simple questions.  Not simple
as in "the answer is easy to figure out", but rather simple as in
"the question can be posed fairly simply."  For the most part, they're
not difficult questions to articulate, even if the answering of those
questions may be challenging.  It's generally considered basic courtesy
towards the other people on the list that you make at least *some*
effort to figure these questions out on your own before asking.
Maybe you have done this; but your posts don't show it, because you
don't indicate in your posts what you've tried and failed (e.g.
"I tried a Google search on this, but all I got was _____, which
didn't seem helpful.  Am I missing something here?" or "I looked at
the .bin file, and it looks like some kind of a script, but I don't
understand it; would I find the installation directory in there?")

If you make an effort to figure things out on your own first, you
learn more; if you then indicate to others that you've done so, you
communicate to them that it's worth them dropping what they're doing
and taking the time to help you out.  In contrast, if you don't do
these things, you can come across as someone who sees other people's
time and effort less valuable than their own, since the process above
is how other people figured these things out.  People want to help;
but because there are so many that need help, people will frequently
ignore some requests for help (or give curt, less-helpful answers) in
favor of those from people who are clearly trying to help themselves.

Over the years here, this guide gets recommended a lot:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

It's worth your time taking a look at it, I promise.

Cheers,

-c