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Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1
- From: Ondra Tomecka <otom7630 AT lucy.troja.mff.cuni.cz>
- To: sm-users <sm-users AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:11:52 +0100 (CET)
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Andrew wrote:
> > But I have a problem. The program needs access to /dev/parport0.
> > Even after loading parport and parport_pc and creating the parport0 file
> > (with mknod /dev/parport0 c 99 0), the program complain about the file
> > not existing.
> you shouldn't assume that parport_pc and parport are going to be modules,
> the user may have them compiled into the kernel, or not at all.
> Im currently unaware of any mechanism to determine if the user has
> support for something compiled into the kernel or not...
>
Perhaps checking configuration of running kernel, first check for it in
/proc/config.gz, if it doesn't exist then /lib/modules/`uname
-r`/build/.config, and if this also doesn't exist, check kernel
configuration in /etc/sorcery/local/kernel.config.
Sorted in order of reliability ;-)
Andy
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Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1
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Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1,
Jason Flatt, 01/28/2004
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Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1,
GOUY Yann, 01/28/2004
- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, Jason Flatt, 01/28/2004
- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, GOUY Yann, 01/28/2004
- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, Hamish Greig, 01/28/2004
- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, GOUY Yann, 01/28/2004
- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, Hamish Greig, 01/28/2004
- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, GOUY Yann, 01/28/2004
- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, GOUY Yann, 01/29/2004
- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, Andrew, 01/29/2004
- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, Ondra Tomecka, 01/30/2004
- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, yann gouy, 01/30/2004
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Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1,
GOUY Yann, 01/28/2004
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Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1,
Jason Flatt, 01/28/2004
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- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, Hamish Greig, 01/28/2004
- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, Eric Sandall, 01/28/2004
- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, Hamish Greig, 01/28/2004
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Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1,
Hamish Greig, 01/29/2004
- Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1, Hamish Greig, 01/29/2004
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