From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 11 11:58:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from finch-post-10.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C019815564 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 11:58:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjvc@extremis.demon.co.uk) Received: from extremis.demon.co.uk ([194.222.242.30]) by finch-post-10.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 1287RJ-00054i-0A for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:58:50 +0000 Received: (qmail 4698 invoked by uid 1010); 11 Jan 2000 19:51:03 -0000 Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:51:03 +0000 From: George Cox To: "Virginia K. Wills" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Compile Errors Message-ID: <20000111195103.C578@extremis.demon.co.uk> References: <387A7DEB.50C61D84@intellex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.1.1i In-Reply-To: <387A7DEB.50C61D84@intellex.com>; from phkywill@intellex.com on Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 06:48:44PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT (i386) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 10/01 18:48, Virginia K. Wills wrote: > I am trying to recompile my kernel to add sound support. I have followed > the directions in the handbook, and checked the archives. What sound card do you have? Someone on the list may have the exact same card and be kind enough to post the lines they used to get it working. > When I do: > # /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL > > I get the following error message: > > config:syntax error line 36. > > Line 36 in MYKERNEL is about the iso9660 for the cdrom file system. Well, what comes just before line 36? Parsers often get confused by some minor problem like a missing punctuation mark, and this manifests itself as a complaint about a following line. Only by seeing the wider context can we be sure what's what. best; gjvc -- [gjvc] 4.4BSD 4.ever! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message