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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE Kernel Configurator for kdeadmin?
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-03-29 9:12:30
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Malte Starostik wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm writing kcmlinuz, a KControl module to configure the Linux kernel (like
> make menuconfig / xconfig but with a KDE GUI). Current sources are available
> from http://malte.homeip.net/kcmlinuz.tar.bz2 and a screenshot is at
> http://malte.homeip.net/kcmlinuz.jpg
> The kcontrol library is currently commented out in Makefile.am, so make all
> won't work, to have a look at it, run make check && ./linuztest. Just extract
> the tarball in some KDE dir, like kdeadmin, it has no own configure script.
> Also make sure to change the hardcoded paths in main.cpp (there's also one in
> lexer.l, but that should work unless you have the kernel sources in a
> different place than /usr/src/linux/, run make parser if you changed lexer.l)
> 
> My question now is if this would be something to include into kdeadmin and if
> so, if it should be enabled on Linux systems only (the code compiles and runs
> on any platform so in theory one could use it on any UN*X box to configure a
> kernel of which the sources are NFS mounted or just sit in some directory).
> Of course, I'd remove any hardcoded path before the import and also add the
> buttons needed to load / save alternative configurations etc.

Tough decision. I think, it could go into kdeadmin for linux only. 

Greteings, Stephan

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