[Madlug] kernel configuration

[John Heim]

I can't use xconfig because I am blind and I don't have access to the linux 
GUI.

Soon... I have a mobo, CPU, RAM, and a SATA hard drive from newegg. I 
mounted the cpu and fan already by myself.  I haven't even purchased a case 
yet. But I will need sighted assistance to mount the mobo anyway. Once I get 
that done, I will start using gnome with the gnome screen reader, orca.

It is interesting to know that there is a search function in the x version 
of the kernel conf. Yet another reason for me to get going on my new PC. I 
never expected kernel configuration to be something that depended on being 
able to see.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Moji" <lordmoji at gmail.com>
To: <madlug at madisonlinux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Madlug] kernel configuration


> John,
>
> That the guide you're using is for the same kernel sources as you're 
> using? Sometimes they combine or rename things, I've spent lots of time 
> looking for things that were no longer in new sources.
>
> As far as how I find anything xconfig has a fairly decent find option but 
> since I use menuconfig I just end up /'ing it most of the time.
>
> If you want to use an old config you can just move the .config file from 
> the old source, and then just make menuconfig && make clean && make 
> modules_install.
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_SATA
>
> If you have any questions about kernel config the gentoo forums are really 
> good about it, and since its kernel stuff its not distro specific.
>
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum-f-23.html
>
> Hope that helps unless I'm completely missing what you're asking.
>
> -MJ
>
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:40:16 -0500
> "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
>> How do I figure out where stuff is in the kernel configuration? Below is 
>> the
>> explanation as to why I need this. But it's a general question. It comes 
>> up
>> all the time. How do you know where options are in the kernel conf? Lots 
>> of
>> times one thing doesn't show up unless you check something else -- so how 
>> do
>> you know?
>>
>> I kind of gave up on cross-compiling for the moment. I will try to get 
>> back
>> to that later today. But I've got to get this machine working. So I am
>> trying to compile a kernel for it on another i386 machine. It has a SATA
>> controller that needs  to be configured under the 'Serial ATA (prod) and
>> Parallel ATA' section under the device drivers section of the kernel
>> configuration. But nothing shows up under that section when I run make
>> menuconfig. I figure that I must have to turn on something else first. 
>> But
>> what? I tried everything I can think of under code maturity options, SCSI
>> drivers, character devices, etc
>>
>> If I start from a grml configuration, I get the options I need and I can
>> configure them as modules or compiled into the kernel, just as you'd 
>> expect.
>> But I need to start from an old configuration from an existing system
>> because I need stuff like having the root FS be an NFS directory and, 
>> well,
>> just a ton of other things. It would take me all day to get rid of
>> everything I don't need and get in everything I do.
>>
>> Anybody know why nothing shows up if I go into the 'Serial ATA'
>> configuration page or, better yet,  how  I can find out why it doesn't 
>> show
>> up?
>>
>> --
>> John Heim
>> jheim at math.wisc.edu / 608-263-4189
>> "An operator of a vehicle shall stop the vehicle before approaching 
>> closer
>> than 10 feet to a pedestrian who is using a service animal"
>> -- Wisconsin Statute 2005 Act 354,
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