slackware 8.0 and ppp

[randy turner]

hi chuck,
that's really good to know,
a lot of times you can only get bz2 files.
thanks
randy


On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:

> Randy -
>
> The tar program knows how to uncompress bz2 files. It will automatically
> call on the bzip2 program if you use the letter 'y' in place of the 'z'
> when you use the tar program, like so:
>
> tar xyvf archive.tar.bz2
>
> HTH -
> Chuck
>
>
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, randy turner wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > hi,
> > how do i uncompress a bz2 file?
> > thanks in advance
> > randy
> >
> > On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> >
> > > randy, try
> > > using alsa-driver-0.9.0beta7
> > > that's the version I'm using now.
> > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 rturner2 at texasisp.com
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > hi adam,
> > > > i got that working fine,
> > > > i would like to ask you and the group
> > > > i tried to compile the alsa drivers 0.5.2
> > > > with slackware 8.0,
> > > > i am getting an error with the sound.o module,
> > > > i have installed soundcore,
> > > > i compiled the kernal with sound
> > > > but still get errors compiling the alsa-driver.
> > > > thanks in advance
> > > > randy
> > > >
> > > > On 2001-11-28 speakup at braille.uwo.ca said:
> > > >  sp>It depends.  If you use the Speakup boot disk that comes with
> > > >  sp>Slackware 8.0, and install its kernel, PPP probably won't work out
> > > >  sp>of the box.  This is because whoever compiled it compiled it for
> > > >  sp>SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) when all the modules are for
> > > >  sp>single-processor machines. This causes a lot of trouble.  There are
> > > >  sp>a number of solutions.
> > > >  sp>1: Build a new kernel.  The advantage here is you can clean out the
> > > >  sp>default modules and install just the ones you need.  You can also
> > > >  sp>get rid of other junk and possibly add support for that odd card or
> > > >  sp>two. 2: replace the modules with those for 2.2.19 kernels with SMP
> > > >  sp>support. They are provided on the Contrib CD.  You would copy the
> > > >  sp>modules from the CD over the existing ones for 2.2.19.  The
> > > >  sp>advantage of this method is you don't have to rebuild a kernel or
> > > >  sp>replace it.
> > > >  sp>3: get the modified Speakup boot disk from ftp.linux-speakup.org.
> > > >  sp>You would then copy its vmlinuz over your existing one and if you
> > > >  sp>use Lilo, rerun it by simply typing "lilo."  The advantage of this
> > > >  sp>is that you don't have to replace a whole bunch of files.  I
> > > >  sp>suspect that they will have this little issue fixed in the next
> > > >  sp>Slackware release.
> > > >  sp>I chose initially to install the SMP modules, then I downloaded the
> > > >  sp>latest kernel source once I was online and rebuilt.  I think
> > > >  sp>rebuilding is a good thing in the long run as you can really cut
> > > >  sp>your boot time since the kernel isn't looking for non-existent
> > > >  sp>hardware plus, it makes your existing hardware work more reliably.
> > > >  sp>Hope this information helps.
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