building a new kernel

[tecknophreak]

when using xconfig, do the values of the current kernel get set in xconfig automatically? or do they all go to default values?

I compiled a new kernel, but when it started up it said no packets made or something along those lines. And sure enough, there's no ethernet connection to be seen.

[killerasp]

What kind of eth do you have? i didnt compile a ethernet driver the first time i did it, then i had to do it again and compile the tulip driver into it.

[tecknophreak]

Yeah, I was just checking what drivers I had for the new kernel and guess what, it needs quite a few added in there. Will this fix the packet problem?

[slapNUT]

If you look in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386 you'll see a file defconfig. I believe this is where xconfig gets the default settings if you dont have a .config file for it in /usr/src/linux.