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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, David Moberg wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > How do I compile ltmodem for 2.4.31?  Do I have to recompile the kernel
> > first and then all the modules, or can I do just one module?
>
> Ken originally reported his progress here:
>
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/baslinux/2006-January/009524.html
>
> The ltmodem site says that the package does not work on 2.4.21. It is
> not clear whether 2.4.31 will work. You or I will need to test
> compiling it with 2.4.31. If you try this, you will need the 2.4.31
> kernel source code package, unpacked where the source code can find
> it. (3 most common locations: /usr/src/linux /usr/src/linux-2.4.31
> /lib/modules/2.4.31/build) I don't have the 2.4.31 source tree set up
> right now, so if you wait for me to build them, you will need to wait
> at least a week.

I have the tree all set up (first location).  I cannot find a working site 
from which to download the source - one is gone, another times out. 
Version 5.78

Does anyone know why aic7xxx.o did not compile in 2.4.31 but did in 
2.2.16?  I configured it as module.

Did you post your 2.2.16 ltmodem modules?  I have kernel source for that.

> Ken says you need to run three scripts with bash - see the Firstread file.

First I need the source code.

> > Steven, please could you find a tiny screen saver to use instead of the
> > screen blanker?
>
> Is this in console mode? If so, what would you use for a screen saver?
> Some kind of shell script with linux terminal escape sequences? One of
> the BL1 vgalib programs?

Yes CLI.  Anything except a screen blanker, so I will know the 
computer is still turned on.

I found the line in /etc/rc
setterm -blank 5  (5 minutes?)
which I changed to
setterm -blank 0

> > These blasted ATX power supplies don't let you
> > plug in the monitor so it is not obvious whether the computer is on when
> > the screen is blank.
>
> I hope you avoid touching the power supply if you service the computer
> without unplugging the power cord. Although the input is 120 or 240V,
> on modern power supplies it is stepped up to a higher voltage before
> it is converted to the 3.3, 5, or 12V DC.

I personally unplug it before doing anything.  My partner promised he 
would unplug it next time but then installed a few drives with the plug 
still in.

I read him your comment and he did not comment on it.

> > > It probably saves more power than the screensaver would.
>
> Probably not substantially. With my monitors, the monitor is still on
> and the electron gun is still firing in blank mode.

I use a 13" TTL monitor - what would that do?

> David
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