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#1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 05:48 AM

Thanks for the help regarding finding a copy of the kernel howto. I
found and read the howto and DRobbins' tutorial on IBM Developerworks as
well as the modules mini-howto.

I might be dense, but am I correct in understanding that I have to
re-compile my kernel to compile the missing usb printer module?

I don't have a problem with recompiling my kernel, it is just that I was
hoping there would be a shorter way.

John

#2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 05:48 AM

John Gilger <bjgilger@cox.net> writes:

> I might be dense, but am I correct in understanding that I have to
> re-compile my kernel to compile the missing usb printer module?

It depends on what you may have done after compiling the first
time. If you did a 'make clean' or 'make mrproper' or deleted
the sources then you would need to start over.

If you just left everything as it was, then you could probably
just do 'make menuconfig' and 'make dep' and 'make modules'
and 'make modules_install'. You could certainly give it a
try and if it doesn't work then you haven't lost very much.

#3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 05:48 AM

So anyway, it was like, 15:19 CET Dec 05 2003, you know? Oh, and, yeah,
walt was all like, "Dude,
> John Gilger <bjgilger@cox.net> writes:

>> I might be dense, but am I correct in understanding that I have to
>> re-compile my kernel to compile the missing usb printer module?
>
> It depends on what you may have done after compiling the first time.
> If you did a 'make clean' or 'make mrproper' or deleted the sources
> then you would need to start over.
>
> If you just left everything as it was, then you could probably
> just do 'make menuconfig' and 'make dep' and 'make modules' and
> 'make modules_install'. You could certainly give it a try and if it
> doesn't work then you haven't lost very much.

Take note that "make modules_install" might clean out some things you
expect to find in /lib/modules/*, like alsa. If possible, copy the new
module(s) manually, do a 'depmod -a' and hope for the best instead.

Or just re-emerge stuff that lives in /lib/modules after running make.
To find candidates, 'epm -qf /lib/modules/*'.

hth.

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#4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 05:48 AM

walt wrote:
> John Gilger <bjgilger@cox.net> writes:
>
>
>>I might be dense, but am I correct in understanding that I have to
>>re-compile my kernel to compile the missing usb printer module?
>
>
> It depends on what you may have done after compiling the first
> time. If you did a 'make clean' or 'make mrproper' or deleted
> the sources then you would need to start over.
>
> If you just left everything as it was, then you could probably
> just do 'make menuconfig' and 'make dep' and 'make modules'
> and 'make modules_install'. You could certainly give it a
> try and if it doesn't work then you haven't lost very much.

I guess this is OBE with the GLSA recommending a kernel upgrade. I'll
just go ahead and emerge the recommended new source files and compile a
new kernel (making sure that I include a usb printer module <g> )

John

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