On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 07:49 -0700, Grumpy Penguin wrote: > http://www.nixforce.com/2006/11/06/suddenly-fedora-core-6/ > excerpt from above > 1) config.h? We don’t need no stinking config.h > > Yeah, it’s not there. Lots of drivers and tools won’t compile properly even > with kernel-devel installed. Just grab a copy of config.h from a recent > kernel and drop it into /lib/modules/[KERNEL REV]/build/include/linux. > > 2) System beep is painful, at least on this system. > > I’m still unsure as to what’s happening here. I just disabled it. > > 3) Cisco VPN Client 4.8 won’t build > > This is the config.h problem. See above. > > 4) nVidia drivers won’t build > > Yep, config.h problem. See above. The official nVidia drivers are > significantly better than the provided xorg ’nv’ driver. Well worth the > effort. Also, ensure that xorg-x11-server-sdk is installed before installing > the nVidia drivers. I used the x86-1.0-8776 rev without problem. I'm not sure that I understand. There are a zillion older open-source packages that are no longer downward (or would it be upward??) compatible, and I thought that was the whole idea of linux... that if someone stopped maintaining your system / business software that with your own source-code you could just keep it rolling with a re-compile. Well, it just got a lot more difficult and for what? Why break things?? Is dumping config.h worth the grief?? Start another sux sux sux thread?? <chuckles> Can you use the 8776 kernel with FC6?? That one has config.h still? Thanx for this info, it is much needed. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
