Well, I had this device working under Linspire (another Debian distribution) after compiling the drivers for it's 2.4.24 kernel. So it "should" be possible in DSL.
The problem "I" am having is trying to figure out how to get a development environment up on DSL to even be able to do this? I've tried copying the gnu-utils.dsl file to a cdrom, and then mounting that cd-rom and issuing: mydsl-load gnu-utils.dsl
which seems to send the system load up for a bit. But when the command line comes back, the command "make" generates a not found message.
Of course I'd then have to get pointed to the proper kernel source, but I believe I've seen an article on that in the forums.
Perhaps there's someone who can tell me what to do to get a DSL development environment up, and then I can build the driver?
Thanks, EwanThe gnu-utils.dsl extension only replaces the tiny busybox package with the full size gnu core utilities... It is not a development environment... Check your /bin directory after installing it... You will see the usual symlinks to busybox replaced with the actual tools, like "date" etc...
Search the forum for gcc, g++,and make... There are many threads about installing these. Also look for knoppix, if you need any kernel sources.
73 ke4nt
Quote (ke4nt1 @ Aug. 03 2004,23:56)
Search the forum for gcc, g++,and make... There are many threads about installing these. Also look for knoppix, if you need any kernel sources.
I saw the threads on installing GCC and such. And unless I missed one (and feel free to point me to it) they all resolve around using apt-get.
Now, since my network access is through a wireless USB device, and that isn't working because I need to compile a driver for it, and so I need to install a compiler, I assume you can see why I feel like I'm in a bit of a catch-22 here?
Is there any way to DL a .DEB or a .TAR.GZ or even a .DSL that would give me enough of a development environment to work my way out of the current mess?
This is an HD install of DSL, so keeping things within the 50 meg environment is not an issue. I've just REALLY loved working with DSL because it is so speedy on my older hardware compared to Knoppix which really crawls in the same environment. I know most of that is probably because of KDE, but configuring Knoppix to use Fluxbox seems like more of a pain than getting DSL to host a development environment.
Again - I are a noob, and I realize that, and will be quite happy to be corrected and instructed. I just want to get this dang thing working...
Thanks, EwanPing... Am getting ready to try one of the Linux From Scratch live CD's and go that route, but am hoping that there is an answer short of effectively creating my own distribution
Thanks, EwanSearch the forums for threads containing information about knoppix 3.3 The version from 09/2003 has all the kernel sources used in DSL 0.7.x If you can burn a cdr from this version, that should be some help..
Many folks have compiled drivers, etc... in this knoppix environment, then moved them over to dsl..
