From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 5 17:50:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA16624 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jan 1996 17:50:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line10.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.142]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA16586 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 1996 17:49:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA02379; Fri, 5 Jan 1996 17:50:07 -0800 Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 17:50:06 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Kendall Koning cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Compiling in 2.1.0-RELEASE In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 5 Jan 1996, Kendall Koning wrote: > I am experiencing problems compiling the Kernel. > I follow the directions outlines in the FAQ, but the > config MYKERNEL > line is confusing... > does it mean to actually type > config MYKERNEL? > because I tried that, and it didn't work. > Meanwhile, I can't run X, because I have a PS/2 style mouse > (requires kernel recompile) Substitute whatever you called your kernel configuration file (in my case GDI) for MYKERNEL. So if you called your config file BLAH, then you would type config BLAH > I'm probably doing something really stupid, but any sugesstions would be > appriciated... (This is my first ever experience with UNIX besides the > InterNET.) Did you even generate a new kernel config file? Ie copy GENERIC and edit it? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major