Newbie questions

Thu Sep 19 12:27:15 EDT 2002

Hi, Tim,

     The kernel source package that you need to install is 
kernel-source-2.4.18-10spk.i386.rpm, not kernel-2.4.18-10spk.src.rpm.  The 
best way to remove the old source tree, is to type:  "rpm -e 
kernel-source".  The good news is that you almost certainly don't have to 
recompile the kernel.  You do need the kernel source in order to compile 
the MODEM drivers.  To make the change to your host name stick, edit 
/etc/sysconfig/network.  There'll be a line that says: 
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
Just edit it to taste.

          HTH.
-- 
          Bill in Denver

On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Tim Burgess wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've just got a Red Hat 7.3 system going on a Sony VAIO laptop using SpeakUp
> and a DecTalk Express.  I've got some, inevitable, questions:
> 
> 1 - I ran sndconfig and my sound card was recognised and played the sample
> sound - do I need to install alsa as well?  If so, why so?
> 
> 2 - I have an internal modem and I've downloaded Linux drivers for it, but
> these require the kernel sources and a recompile.  I've installed the kernel
> source package from the SpeakUp modified Red Hat site (since this is the
> kernel I've currently got installed - 2.4.18-10spk), but I'm now floundering
> as I expected to find a /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-10spk directory and there
> isn't one.  What I do have is a linux-2.4.18-3 (created from my original Red
> Hat media before I installed the modified 2.4.18-10spk) and a directory
> called redhat.  I know I can delete the linux-2.4.18-3 directory but where
> do I find my new source tree?  There's lots of stuff that might suit in the
> redhat directory, but it's been a long, long time since I recompiled a
> kernel and I don't want to blow it now, so can somebody offer me some
> pointers?
> 
>   3 - My machine identifies itself as "localhost" and I'd like to change
> this - I've tried using the hostname command, but the setting doesn't seem
> to get preserved.  My machine has a fixed IP address and participates in my
> ethernet LAN.
> 
> 4 - Once I get my modem up and running, how do I configure Internet access?
> The Red Hat Getting Started Guide only refers to graphics mode
> configuration?
> 
> Many thanks in advance to anybody willing to help.  Thanks anyway to Janina
> for getting me this far - she knows what a battle it's been!
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
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