linux 2.6 questions

Sean McMahon smcmahon at usgs.gov
Mon Apr 25 16:01:03 EDT 2005


I have one question to add.  How do I enable support for my cd burner?  There's
no specific option for specific burners, just ide-cd and packet writing support.
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From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 7:17 PM
Subject: linux 2.6 questions


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> Hi all.
>
> I just upgraded my slackware 10.1 system to linux 2.6.11.7, and am
> getting used to it. I do however have a few questions that I hope
> someone can answer.
>
> 1. Some lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules still refer to /proc/ksyms,
> which doesn't seem to be in the 2.6 kernel anymore. Are there any substitutes
> for that?
>
> 2. /proc/bus/usb cannot be mounted, due to lack of usbdevfs, which
> doesn't seem to exist anymore. Should I remove that line from my
> /etc/fstab, or am I missing something?
>
> One of the new configuration options is if /proc/kcore should be
> enabled, but there is no help for it. What is that for, and do I need
> it?
>
> Thanks for any answers in advance. Also, the right alt key seems not
> to work anymore. I suspect this is speakup-related, am I right?
>
> Greg
>
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