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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Linux 2.6.13 vs. KDE 3.4 BRANCH
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2005-10-15 7:19:47
Message-ID: 4350AD93.40808 () acm ! org
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Thiago Macieira wrote:
> James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> 
>>/usr/include/linux/joystick.h:131: error: `__s64' does not name a type
>>/usr/include/linux/joystick.h:132: error: `__s64' does not name a type
> 
> 
> <rant>
> Oh, joy. Another kernel header that doesn't define its own types...
> 
> How hard is it for them to properly include the required files? In fact, 
> the people writing the BSD's libc as well as Solaris, etc., should learn 
> from us: include or define what you need.
> </rant>
> 
> You are not supposed to replace your system's provided kernel headers with 
> that of any kernel you download. The kernel developers do not promise you 
> can #include any header of theirs at all. That's why distributions create 
> a set of sanitised headers that is "includable".
> 
> So please revert your changes back to the distribution-provided headers. 
> This should fix the problem. In case your distribution doesn't have such 
> headers, file a bug report with them.

I don't think that it would be relevant to file such a bug report for
the LFS distro.

Yes, I know that the fix for this is to use an older header, which is
what I have already done.

> As for kppp not being able to open the modem device, do you get any error 
> messages? Or anything output by it when run in konsole?

	Opener: received OpenDevice
	error opening modem device !
	Opener: received RemoveLock

-- 
JRT
 
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