Subject: Re: printer and modem nearly working (was: close to giving up on YDL 2)
From: Merrill Aldrich (maldrich@netwalk.com)
Date: Thu Aug 09 2001 - 20:34:52 MDT
Dan -
Your suggestion got me most of the way there! I downloaded and installed
the kernel rpm at
ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/users/dburcaw/kernel-2.4.4-3b/
I had to read up on modules (that'll give you some idea how new I am at
this ;-) and found that if I use
insmod printer
the printer will work,
likewise
insmod macserial
brings the modem to life. There was much rejoicing. I'm not sure where
you are, but perhaps you heard me jumping up and down when it worked!
Now there are just two small items remaining, if anyone has a minute to
help me:
1. ppp is not cooperating with the new kernel. I noticed another thread
about that issue, where Phil was able to use MAKEDEV ppp to get it going.
I tried
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV ppp
but the behavior I get is that the modem dials, the machine logs into my
ISP, but no working network connection is made. (i.e. browser(s) cannot
find any web sites, etc)
What's the best solution here? Is there a fix posted somewhere?
and
2. Where is the configuration file that controls which modules load at
boot? I'd like to add the printer and macserial modules, and remove the
sound module since it does not appear to work on my cube. (Again please
excuse my ignorance)
Dan Burcaw wrote:
> The -3b revision available at:
> ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/users/dburcaw/kernel-2.4.4-3b/
> is a much more well-rounded kernel build. I suggest you
> give it a try.
>
> On Wednesday 08 August 2001 10:54, you wrote:
>
>> The other replies to this post seem to focus on ppp and eth0, which would
>> be useless to you if ttyS0 does not exist. I know because I am having an
>> identical problem with the stock 2.4.4-1asmp kernel. Perhaps TerraSoft did
>> not compile support for /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/usb/lp0 into the 2.4 kernels???
>
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