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<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">Hi!</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">I'm using a laptop that needs the vt8623fb module and I don't know how</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">I can just compile the module alone since recompiling the whole kernel</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">(even if it's tweaked) takes way too much time on my machine.</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">I've lost 3days doing nothing but unsuccessful researches on the subject.</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">Now I spent something like 8~9hours compiling the kernel using the ABS</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">(<A HREF="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernels/Compilation/Arch_Build_System">https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernels/Compilation/Arch_Build_System</A>)</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">with the modules I needed and it just ended up creating a dummy empty</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">package (while saying that everything was done successfully).</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">Not to mention that patching the kernel from 3.2 to 3.2.7 just fails</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">miserably for no reason (?!) so I had to tweak the PKGBUILD to grab</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">the GNU/Linux Libre Kernel 3.2.7 directly.</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">It's seriously driving me mad and I'm starting to wonder if I just</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">doesn't have a IQ high enough to do all of theses things.</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">If anyone knows how to help me, you have all my attention. For now</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">I'll just prevent myself from smashing this computer on the floor.</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">Also, before anyone start to answer my problem by not answering it: I</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">don't want to use another distribution than Parabola. I have a problem</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">and I want to fix it.</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">Thank you all in advance for your answers,</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">Marc-Alexandre Espiaut</FONT></TT><BR>
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I'm forwarding this message to the dev list because looks like nobody wants to help me out with the list for assist people.<BR>
I can't help you out with that, is very technical for my skills, but, that module's source code is free as in freedom? sorry, we must ask first... <BR>
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