Hi Chris,
I'm still working on getting the generic kernel to
work. I've come close, but I seem to always run into
two problems. Sometimes I get an ext2 read error from
the kernel before it actually starts or it does and
Oops right after it sees the type of IDE cdrom drive I
have. So I'm still working on it.. I'll try to keep
the changes as small as possible.
--- Chris Lumens <chris@slackware.com> wrote:
> > 1) I seem to be unable to change my keyboard
> settings (I'm stuck with a
> > US keymap no matter what I select - I tried almost
> all of them).
> > A related note: When selecting one of the dk*.map
> files, the test box
> > that can be used to try out the keyboard before
> accepting does not accept
> > input of the 3 special danish chars (same problem
> with Intel version),
> > works fine after pressing '1' to accept though (on
> Intel that is, Alpha
> > sticks with US map :-( ).
>
> After looking at the "setup" source for a litle
> while, I don't even
> understand why it would work on Intel. The problem
> lies in how the
> installed system is setup, and how the keymap script
> expects it to be
> setup. setup calls /usr/lib/setup/SeTkeymap, which
> always expects your
> keymap files to be stored in /usr/lib/kbd/keytables.
>
> On the rootdisk, that's where they are stored. But
> on the intalled
> system, there isn't even a /usr/lib/kbd/keytables
> directory. There's a
> /usr/lib/keymaps directory, but subdirectories exist
> within that. So it's
> not an easy fix. And since the keymaps don't exist
> where they are
> expected to be, you can't change the layout.
>
> In the morning, I'll send Patrick a mail about this
> problem. We'll see
> what he has to say, and if is any good fix for it.
> Problems with the
> setup program are all pretty much his domain.
>
> > 2) In the INSTALL document you refer to the kernel
> image as
> > '/vmlinux.gz', but when running 'CONFIGURE' from
> 'setup' the 'INSTALL
> > LINUX KERNEL' menu expects the image to be called
> '/vmlinuz' and will
> > complain about a missing kernel if it's named
> vmlinux.gz as per the
> > INSTALL document and the 'skip' option is
> selected:
> >
> > CONTINUE WITHOUT A KERNEL?
> > WARNING: no Linux kernel is currently
> installed on your
> > system, so generating a bootdisk and LILO
> installation are
> > not going to work -- if you continue
> without an installed
> > kernel you'll need to have some other means
> of booting your
> > system. LOADLIN or the installation
> bootdisk will work. If
> > you're sure you want to continue without
> installing a kernel,
> > select YES. Otherwise, select NO and you'll
> be returned to
> > the kernel installation menu.
> >
> > < Yes > < No >
>
> >
> >
> > I would think changing the name to 'vmlinuz' would
> be the easiest fix.
>
> Expect to see this entire section (along with the
> bookdisk and installing
> LILO parts) to disappear from the Alpha setup
> program at some point in the
> future. I just haven't gotten that far along yet.
> Eventually, there will
> be some sort of aboot/milo configuration section,
> but we're not there yet.
> I'd prefer to get the body of the distribution
> stabilized and relatively
> bug-free first.
>
> > 3) If I answer 'NO' too the 'CONFIGURE NETWORK?'
> question, I'm promptly
> > asked again ;-) So I have to decline twice before
> moving on with the
> > configuration.
>
> Please check in /var/log/setup to make sure that you
> don't have two
> different scripts that call setup.netconfig, or that
> you don't have two
> different scripts that attempt to configure
> networking on their own. I
> have to admit that I've never seen this problem
> before.
>
> > 4) I have noticed that when setting a root
> password with the slackware
> > install procedure, no 'dialog' box is used. I have
> written a patch for
> > 'dialog-0.6z' that implements a password-box type
> (simply a input-box
> > that does not echo its input back to the user). I
> have used this in
> > scripts of my own to keep the 'dialog' look 'n'
> feel even when changing
> > user passwords. If it is of interrest then I'll
> put the patch up for
> > download.
>
> You're right. We just drop out of setup to the
> console to run passwd.
> I'd be happy to take a look at your patch when I get
> to working on the
> setup program, as there's really no need to drop out
> of dialog if we don't
> have to.
>
> --
> Chris Lumens - chris@slackware.com - KG6CIH
>
@n=(-42,-85,-83,-19,65,2,-10,-10,-15,-3,2,-10,73,-4,8,-4,2,79,8,17,15,7,14,2);
> print map{chr(-$n[$i++]+ord)} sort(split(//,'place
> random string here')),"\n";
>
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