Re: tlug: Kernel rebuild problem

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Christopher Sekiya wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Neil Booth wrote:
> 
> > Yes! 2.0.35 is booting after recompiling with the latest Adaptec patch.
> 
> Yokatta.  Of course, you really wanted to go out and buy a nice Buslogic
> controller instead ;)
> 
> > However, it's still not finding my cd-rom. Also, I can't start X windows
> > as it can't find my mouse.
> 
> Okay, recompile the kernel with CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR and CONFIG_PSMOUSE set.
> 
> > Pretty sure these are just config problems, so I'll probably be
> > compiling kernels for the rest of the evening.
> 
> Compiling kernels is fun.  It's one of the first steps towards freeing
> yourself from distribution tyranny.

Unfortunately it can also be a very significant step towards freeing
yourself from a working system, too :)

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