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

If you have the 2.4.19 source code and the kernel config file (or even 
without that), you can compile your own 2.4.19 kernel with unix.o and the 
usb mouse and keyboard built-in instead of as modules (and also leave out 
junk you do not need until you break it, then put it back).

BL list members taught me to compile kernels.  I made lots of broken ones.

I think it goes (after uncompressing source code as instructed for SW and 
symlinking it to /usr/lib/2.4.19/build):

make config - answer a lot of questions with defaults based on the 
previous config or with reference to Steven's config, but Y to unix and 
the usb hid devices.  You can get rid of stuff you do not use.  My kernels 
are under 700K and do framebuffer, scsi, sound, nfs, etc.

make dep

make bzImage  - 20 min on a 200Mhz, 5 on a 600Mhz, less on yours

I forget what part of the compiler packages you don't need for compiling 
just kernel.  Don't know if BL3 stuff will work, BL2 (Sw7.1) did for 
2.4.31.

Sindi

> > I don't think that will help. The problem seems to be missing network
> > support in the Debian kernel. (It wants an extra module but it can't
> > find modprobe since BL3 does not use it.)
>
> Right on the money, David! I built a 2.4.19 tree in /lib/modules
>
> /modules/2.4.19/kernel/net/unix and cped unix.o there and added
> insmod -f unix to /etc/rc  and X is now running fine on BL3.
>
> Except the mouse doesn't work, but that's just a matter of moving
> some more modules over. USB/HID stuff.