<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes that's what I meant, I meant I enabled network
support in the kernel confing I was modifying and planning to install. Ok,
actually, yes I just looked and I am using kernel 2.4.18. How do I enable
USB-Ethernet adapter support? Also when I was doing make xconfig on the
2.5 kernel there was an option for Dell laptop support, I think I need this also
cuz i have no sound. Ok so new question, how do I reconfigure this
kernel?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=johnseth@phoenixwing.com href="mailto:johnseth@phoenixwing.com">John
Seth</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=nflug@nflug.org
href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org">nflug@nflug.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 21, 2002 7:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Upgrading kernel</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You have to enable network support in the kernel
config you're modifying. Also, you're going from Kernel 2.2 to 2.5.1?
I'm running Kernel 2.4.18 on my slackware box with tons of USB
support. 2.4.19 is the latest 2.4.x stable version, and 2.5.x is a beta
version of the kernel. If you're going to upgrade the kernel, make sure
you update any dependencies with it, like gcc. Latest beta kernel is 2.5.48...
Check out kernel.org's website for info.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You could also upgrade your system using
Slackware's 2.4.x kernel from their 8.1 distro. That'll give you alot more USB
ability than 2.2.x kernels. I'm running 2.4.18 with no problems,
including using a USB 250M Zip drive when my tape drive
failed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you still go with a 2.5.x kernel, make sure
you go thru the config from start to finish. Depending on where you got
your kernel source, it may config with default kernel values without the
modified kernel that came with Slackware. Hence, you may lose
things like being able to read FAT/FAT32 partitions, or load certain kernel
modules. Networking support is part of your kernel configuration, not your
system configuration.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> - Tony</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=shipdadip@adelphia.net
href="mailto:shipdadip@adelphia.net">shipdadip</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=nflug@nflug.org
href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org">NFLUG</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 21, 2002 5:17
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Upgrading kernel</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hi all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I'm runnning Slackware 8.1, I'm
trying to upgrade the kernel because I want to have USB-Ethernet adapter
support so I ca go on the internet. wWhen I do make xconfig the option
to enable USB adapter support is greued out, it says I first have to enable
networking support, I'm positive it's enabled, I've even disabled it and
reboot and than re-enabled it but I still can't choose the USB-adapter
option. I currently have a 2.2 kernel. trying o upgrade to
2.5.1. Can anyone help? I hope I was clear, if not let me
know.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>