[Tfug] Just starting - need help

Christopher Robbins robbinsc at gmail.com
Mon Oct 2 16:41:01 MST 2006


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-Chris

On 10/2/06, Christopher Robbins <robbinsc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Joe -
>
> I could help you out.  How much work are we looking at?
>
> -Chris
>
> On 10/2/06, Joe Blais < joe.blais at pti-instruments.com> wrote:
> >
> > I need help!
> >
> > I'm new to Linux (about 2 weeks) and I NEED to learn how to compile a
> > kernel, (start by compiling the compiler even!), Draw a button on the
> > screen, get a mouse event and finally, make an install image.  We are
> > building a chemistry instrument, and just starting out in Linux, and
> > I need to do the controls for the thing.
> >
> > I think I can figure the stuff out eventually, but we are working on a
> > new
> > project that we want running by December - of this year - and as I'm
> > getting older, learning this is getting slower!
> >
> > We got a pc/104 card - Intel x86 type of thing - from Octagon.  We were
> > supplied the source to the kernel, a bootable CD, and that's about it.
> > They don't help with software other than, just go - "find it on the
> > web"....
> >
> > Do you know of anyone who knows about this type of stuff, who would be a
> > consultant ($) that could get me through the first (and probably some
> > more) hurdles?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Joe
> >
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> Chris Robbins
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Chris Robbins
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