camorri Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 I have a APC UPS ES750. When I plug in the USB cable to my Mandirva 10.1 system a device never gets created in /dev for the ups. See this link for more details on the problem. I have determined that I have confirmed CONFIG_DYNAMIC_USB_MIRRORS is turned on in stock kernels, at least the ones I have installed. I want to know if it possible to recompile a stock kernel, and turn off CONFIG_DYNAMIC_USB_MIRRORS. I have figured out how to edit kernel source, and change this option. I am not at all sure if the Nvidia drivers, and drivers for Virtual Box will load into a reconfigured kernel. Your thoughts on how to proceed? Would I be better off getting the latest kernel source, and compiling it? If I go that route, I have very little experience, so I have no idea how to handle Nvidia or V-box stuff. I know if I get the latest source, the patching Mandriva does would be gone, and it would have an impact on the built in tools, not sure what else. [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Are you sure you mean Mandriva 10.1 or Mandrake 10.1? Mandrake 10.1 is seriously old now, almost like the dinosaurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camorri Posted November 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 (edited) Sorry, brain fart... cat /proc/versionLinux version 2.6.33.7-desktop-1mnb (qateam@titan.mandriva.com) (gcc version 4.4.3 (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Aug 27 20:24:50 UTC 2010 2010.1 I thought I had include a link to my original post, here -->https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?/topic/106365-apc-ups-es-750-never-seen-by-mandriva-101/ Lots of details. Edited November 11, 2010 by camorri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Bergen Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 I'm not sure what you mean by stock kernel but if you install the latest source from Mandriva you'll have all Mandriva's customizations. urpmi kernel-source-latest Then copy /usr/src/linux-XXXX to your home directory to work on it. The kernel source has a README file which is a good how-to on configuring and compiling your new kernel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camorri Posted November 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 I'm not sure what you mean by stock kernel I mean a kernel that is installed using urpmi. One I have not had to compile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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