i just built one 2.6.14-rc4 no less
its faster than the 2.6.12 and i just used the 2.6.12-1-amd64-k8 config file (and hit enter for the rest) alsa seems to know my sound card better. however eject, mount etc still all cause kernel oops see dmesg i sent earlier today Dean On Thu, October 27, 2005 8:05 pm, Thomas Steffen said: > On 10/27/05, Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The pre-packaged kernel, kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8, does almost >> what I want, but the nvidia drivers cannot be compiled against it >> because there is a conflict between the framebuffer support in that >> kernel and the nvidia module. After a lot of work trying to build a >> suitable kernel myself, I can't see to be able to get it to work, so >> I've decided to seek out a prebuilt image instead. > > Just boot that kernel into text mode, extract the kernel source, copy > the config file from the installed kernel, do a make oldconfig, and > you should be ready to compile a new kernel. There were a few changes > in 2.6.12, but nothing fatal that I could find. > >> Googling and search has been unsuccessful: I have been unable to find >> any other kernel-image-*-amd64-k8 kernels to try: does anyone have any >> unofficial kernel images that I may try? > > Note that kernels are called linux-image-* since 2.6.12! And there is > most definitely a 2.6.12 around: > > http://packages.debian.org/testing/base/linux-image-2.6.12-1-amd64-k8 > > Recompiling is still a good idea. It makes sure that you have the > right compiler installed (the one used to build the kernel). > > Thomas > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
