Guest caleb Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Hi, I am following an IrDA manual located at tux mobile; http://tuxmobil.org/Infrared-HOWTO/infrare...o-s-kernel.html Ho I have installed irda-utils by using urpmi and have moved onto the next section of the manual. How do I find out if the the kernel I am using has IrDA support? when I do uname -r I get; 2.6.8.1-12mdk It says in the instructions I might need to compile a new kernel and add modules / support for IrDA. Are does anyone have any links to sites where I can get this information? I have no idea how to compile a kernel and know nothing about modules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 The Mandrake kernel comes with most modules pre compiled (only very new things, or binary only drivers like nvidia are not included). Irda should be no problem. Modules are in /lib/modules/<name of kernel>/..... You can find out if your kernel has the module (a module is a driver, sort off) by looking for it. TOpen a console, log in as root and type: updatedb. Log out as root and type: locate <name of module>. Don't forget to add .gz or a * at the end of the name. Pre compiled modules are archived by Mandrake. And don't forget the howto is for the 2.4 kernel. Modules in 2.6 are called <name>.ko and not <name>.o You really should find out the name of the module you need before you start looking for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caleb Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Thank you for your feedback. Will give it a try :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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