Gentoo problem compiling modules

Brett I. Holcomb brettholcomb
Mon May 17 11:53:36 PDT 2004


You run make menuconfig which gives you a menu of stuff that you can 
change.  When you exit and save the file .config in /usr/src/linux is 
created or modified.  It uses that to figure out what to build.


Alan Jackson wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:50:37 -0700
> Condon Thomas A KPWA <tcondon at kpt.nuwc.navy.mil> wrote:
> 
>> Alan Jackson wrote:
>> > I installed Gentoo a week ago, and it has mostly been quite smooth.
>> > printer.o file created. Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Did you run "make modules" first?
>> 
> 
> Yes.
> 
> I'm closer to the problem, though. For some reason, in my
> /etc/kernels/default_config
> the usb printer is disabled. I tried editing this file and
> recompiling, but that doesn't do it. What command does
> gentoo expect for me to update whatever file knows which
> modules to compile?
> 
> 

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