"VV" == Vladimir Volovich writes: VV> what i had to do:
VV> it was somewhat tricky to install the kernel package in the first VV> place: i was running linux 2.4.27, and installing 2.6.14 was VV> giving errors when creating initrd. VV> i had to install 2.6.12 first, boot from there (and it was very VV> helpful advice to use append="video=atyfb:off" in silo.conf VV> because otherwise the screen was unusable even in text mode), and VV> then install 2.6.14. forgot to mention that part of the "fun" with installing 2.6 kernel package was that i had to patch yaird too, folloing these advices: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=342904 VV> in 2.6.12, text console worked great (except i had to reconfigure VV> console-data to use KERNEL mapping, otherwose the keyboard was VV> unusable even in text mode), but Xorg was crashing. Best, v. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
