DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: dsl with kernel headers and development libraries

So, I am still interested in the synaptics touchpad driver. Where is this new section!?

I submitted the synaptics driver a few days ago - give Roberts time to get around to posting it...

Sorry to jump back in the thread -

re compiling modules on Knoppix3.4-2004-05-16

(since I've just been trying this)

This should be the best solution because you'll get the same release of gcc-2.95 that dsl's kernel was compiled with. Modules are only ever supposed to be compiled with _exactly _ the same gcc version as was the kernel.

Unfortunately though, the contents of /usr/src on that knoppix are not always enough - in which case a 2.4.26 kernel source tree need to be prepared (begin a kernel recompile and quit early).

If./configure allows a pointer to the sources on the hd this is fine, otherwise I've tried editing the Makefile to point at same (doesn't always seem to work).

A problem with compiling from the livecd is that Knoppix 3.4's /usr tree is not writeable (no unionfs), so you can't symlink /usr/src/linux-2.4/.26 to your sources, which means /lib/modules/2.4.26/build is not linked to the sources either.

I have tried doing a mkwriteable type of thing on the /usr tree but ran out of ram ... a hd install of knoppix would be altogether easier.

I have compiled new loop-aes & ciphers modules which seem to work well, I'll get around to posting these ...

*deleted inadvertent double post*

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