Re: This may be of use to some of you

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On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 15:07 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 11 November 2006 14:49, 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.
> 
> A couple of days ago I was told that config.h is no longer required.  Delete 
> the line (presumably you could comment it out?) in the makefile, and 
> compiling should continue.  That's what I was told, anyway :-)
I tried that on the webcam module builder and it blew up, REAL GOOD! I'm
gonna try that link thing. Ric

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