FC2 Upgrade (how I resolved USB, Samba, and sound problems)

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Erich Hoover wrote:

> 2) Samba mounts no-longer worked (reported the error "smbfs not 
> supported by kernel")
> [...]
> Solution to number two:
> * Change directory to your linux source (for me this was 
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.2-1.79/)
> * run "make menuconfig" and locate the samba file system in the menus, 
> turn it into a module
> * recompile the kernel
> * copy smbfs.ko from <linux source>/fs/smbfs/ to <linux 
> modules>/kernel/fs/smbfs/ (for my linux modules was 
> /lib/modules/2.6.1-1.65)
> * modprobe smbfs


outsch  ;-)

with  >=samba*-3.0.2-5  from rawhide
and  'mount  -t cifs'  instead  '-t smb'  it should be ok.
only a few minutes without compiling a new kernel.

-- 
shrek-m