Linux: device manager corollary
In Ubuntu, my distribution, run: sudo lshw This is quite a long command for some of us, so if you’d like to put it in a file and then look at it after it’s already ran, do: sudo lshw >> …
Day: December 26, 2007
Make Menuconfig / XConfig Error
First you need make: sudo apt-get install make Then you try make menuconfig or make xconfig and you get this: /usr/src/linux# make menuconfig HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep /bin/sh: line 1: gcc: command not found make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 127 make: *** [scripts_basic] …
Kernel Location Ubuntu 7.1
Kernel’s aren’t included by default in Ubuntu, but you can grab them easily with the following command: sudo apt-get install linux-source This will grab the most recent kernel release and put it in /usr/src, which is the default location.