slackware 8.0 and ppp
rturner2 at texasisp.com
rturner2 at texasisp.com
Thu Nov 29 12:12:06 EST 2001
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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