Kernal Config (was Lexmark Printer)

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Kennedy
> 
> Brian,
> 
> I want to back up my personal files and whatever my
> wife may have in home directory before I upgrade.
> That's about 4 CD's full.
> 
> I've tried lpt & CUPS multiple times with Suse 7.3.
> Neither one has the Z25 listed & none of the many
> tools I've tried seems to offer a real chance to find
> anything other than the distro's original drivers.
> (Unless, maybe, the user is more of a rocket scientist
> than I am.) 
Well, the thing there is CUPS won't find the new driver
unless you create a link to it in the directory where CUPS
looks. I'd have to dig out documentation on that.
(Actually 'rocket science' was my major in college back East,
not much offerings out here 'til you get to Boulder).

> ...
> I've also (very carefully)started the kernel config
> utility, but it does not seem to operate as the manual
> describes. 
They have a manual for the kernel config? ;)

Anyway what you want to do is:
open up a terminal from your desktop,
cd /usr/src/linux-2.4 (or whatever your kernel is)
make xconfig

But why do you want to go into your kernel config?
Your default kernel should handle ide-scsi.

try this to get you CDR to work:
modprobe ide-scsi
If this loads then you have the module. You won't need to
move any modules, if you have the module the kernel will
find it.
Did none of what I said work?

> I've been to several HowTo sites, but the
> only one that addresses the burner issue seems really
> complicated, when I'd sort of hoped to find "Move
> module X to directory Y" or how to add a line to that
> big config file that says properly "When booting, add
> module XXX to the kernel."
> 
If you want some hands on assistance, I'd be more willing to
help you out. It really isn't rocket science. But with so
much information on the web it can make a confusing situation.
I have never had a problem getting any CDR to work.

Brian