[GLLUG] Basic Linux Question from a very young Newb

[Sean]

Well Im glad we decided on _Greater_ Lansing. I mean we now have someone 
on the east coast, we have Ben on the west coast. We had Marcel in 
Australia and a couple of people from England joined thinking it was the 
Greater London group. =) 



On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Melson, Paul wrote:

> Good deal.  Did that end up fixing your problem?
> 
> GLLUG, as the name suggests, meets in the greater Lansing area nearby to
> Michigan State University.
> 
> PaulM
> 
> PS - I hope none of you that attended the meeting tonight were waiting
> for this guy to show. :)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: martin [mailto:mdcasa@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 5:05 PM
> To: Melson, Paul
> Subject: RE: [GLLUG] Basic Linux Question from a very young Newb
> 
> 
> Thank you so much.  I feel much better now.  Because,
> I thought I was loosing my mind not finding it.
> 
> PS.  Where does your group meet.  I am Charlotte, NC.
> 
> Like I said, I've only been monitoring this list-serv
> for a little while.
> 
> 
> Martin
> --- "Melson, Paul" <PMelson@sequoianet.com> wrote:
> > It's probably looking for the kernel source, the
> > default location of
> > which is /usr/src/linux.  However, you may not have
> > installed the kernel
> > source code when you installed Mandrake.  You can
> > run `rpm -q -a | grep
> > kernel-source` to see if it's there.  If it returns
> > something like
> > "kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk" then it is installed. 
> > If not, you'll want
> > to grab your Mandrake 9 CD and install the rpm file.
> >  It will be in the
> > Mandrake/RPMS directory on the CD, and just run `rpm
> > -i
> > kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk.i586.rpm`.  Then retry
> > compiling your driver.
> > 
> > Also, it's worth mentioning that Mandrake doesn't
> > include source code
> > for any of their specialized kernels, such as
> > 'secure' and 'linus2'.
> > This means that if you need to compile and/or run
> > 3rd-party software
> > that requires access to the kernel source (typically
> > to create a
> > module), you must run the standard Mandrake kernel
> > version.  If you
> > compile with the Mandrake kernel source but are
> > running the secure
> > kernel, for example, you'll get "unresolved symbol"
> > errors when your new
> > module tries to load.  One downside to running the
> > RedHat/Mandrake
> > distros.  Anyway, good luck to you, and welcome!
> > 
> > PaulM
> > 
> > PS - This is *always* the right place to ask
> > Linux-related questions.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: martin [mailto:mdcasa@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 3:43 PM
> > To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> > Subject: [GLLUG] Basic Linux Question from a very
> > young Newb
> > 
> > 
> > I have been monitoring the list for the past few
> > weeks, and you guys and gals really seem to know
> > what
> > you are doing.  I am still very new to the whole
> > Linux
> > scene, and if this is not the right place to ask
> > this
> > question, let me know.
> > 
> > I am running Mandrake 9.0 on a laptop.  It works
> > without any problems.  However, I am trying to
> > connect
> > my linksys wireless connection.  I have downloaded
> > the
> > prism2 driver set from Linksys, but can't get the
> > darn
> > think installed.  When I run the ./Configure file it
> > asks me for the kernel location, and uses the
> > standard
> > (default) location - I think so at least.  However,
> > I
> > get an error message, and it will not configure.  So
> > needless to say, I can't even run Make.  I have
> > searched high and low for the kernel, and only found
> > a
> > file called Linux-2.4.0 in the /etc path.  I am
> > stuck.
> >  I am logged in as root, but can't seem to get this
> > done.
> > 
> > Can anyone help (without laughing at me.)
> > 
> > :)
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > Martin
> > 
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