Re: How to check if kernel sources are installed on a system?

Lee,

On Sun, 28 May 2006, Lee Revell wrote:

> 
> Debugging.  When a new Linux user files a "no sound" ALSA bug report I
> need to find out whether they have any known broken options enabled,
> like USB bandwidth checking or the OSS USB midi/audio drivers.  If we
> have to go back and forth figuring out which distro they have and where
> the config is they are that much more likely to give up and go back to
> Windows.
> 

Bug reports is another advantage that I found with the autoconf
approach to building kernel modules (previous cited): automatic
generation of bug reports containing full configuration information
using a send-pr script generated by the 'configure' script.

--brian
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