Oops...that was supposed to read....*for us lesser mortals in the geek world*....lets just blame it on the moon phases this time.
Akshay Lamba wrote: > > Good one buddy! For the lesser mortals in the greek world...the between > the line story is...wait up for Fiesty for the card reader to work. > Gotcha! > > On a different topic - your subject reminds me of an age ole joke - > What's the difference between a guy jumping down from the 3rd floor and > another jumping down from the 30th? > > Ans: The first one > goes...THUD......ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh > The other > goes....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......THUD > > Brad Campbell wrote: > > > > The sound of frustration.. > > > > In trying to get my inbuilt SD card reader to work I had to upgrade > > from my trusty 2.6.19 kernel to > > a 2.6.20 kernel. > > > > Now the 2.6.20 kernel has some pretty major sysfs changes that don't > > work well with an older HAL > > version (like anything older than 6 months). There is a compatibility > > option to enable n the kernel, > > but it's not *that* compatible.. Not wanting to really upgrade my > > Ubuntu 6.06 system to Feisty > > alpha, which is what would be required to make it all work, I embarked > > on a selective upgrade process. > > > > I didn't want to install all the -dev packages on my poor little > > laptop, so I installed another 6.06 > > in a QEMU virtual machine and did all the compiling there, just > > copying the finished .deb's to the > > host to selectively upgrade the required packages. > > > > I chose all the new packages from the Feisty tree so I'd at least be > > pretty up to date. > > In the end I had to upgrade udev, dbus, hal, gnome-power-manager & > > gnome-volume-manager. > > Along the way to keep the deps up I had to upgrade e2fstools, dpkg, > > dselect, debhelper, hwdb-common, > > hwdb-gnome, python2.4, python-central, python-dbus and install the new > > package gnome-mount. > > > > 3 days later and lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth, I now have an > > Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper system that > > functions perfectly with a 2.6.20 kernel with the compatibility > > options turned off. When I > > insert/remove media, it appears/disappears from the desktop. HAL no > > longer locks up at the first > > forced unmount, gnome-power-manager again detects me > > plugging/unplugging the AC and reports my > > battery state, and all is again well with the world.. > > > > And the best part is, I did not need to re-install the whole OS and > > re-do all the last 8 months > > customisation... <whew> > > > > Oh, and my SD reader now reads and writes cards without blowing up the > > kernel. Happy days! > > > > Needed to vent some frustration.. sorry about that.. > > > > Brad > > -- > > "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability > > to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable > > for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams > > > > > >
