I have built 2.4.17 from source from kernel.org MOSTLY with success...there are lots of errors on bootup, non are fatal except for one that prevents me from getting a network connection:
sit0: unknown hardware address 776 socket: protocol not available - make sure CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER are enabled in your kernel. I am in the process of rebuilding the kernel again after fixing the above...I THINK. I had Packet socket enabled but not Packet filter...didn't think I'd need it. I am not a router or gateway. Anyway, we'll see in a few minutes after the build finishes. I have a 3c589 card and the module installs fine, I just can't get a connection. Sound with my solo1 ONLY works if I build sound support and the solo1 driver into the kernel. There are a host of other error messages that load up my /var/log/messages file but don't seem to affect the system. I may try fiddling with kernel config settings later to get rid of them assuming the latest build works OK. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Again, did you ever build a 2.4.17 kernel from > straight source (not from > SRPM)? And if you want 2.4.13 (or any other kernel > for that matter), > it's available at ftp.kernel.org. > > Cheers, > > -Charlie > > Praedor Tempus said: > > I have wondered but then dismissed this. My new, > fresh reinstall of > > 8.1 (6th or 7th time in 3 days) properly > recognizes and uses my 3c589 > > card...after I dumped the default dhcpcd install > and replaced it with > > dhcp-common/dhcp-client rpms, that is. The big > stopper now is STILL > > sound. I had perfectly working sound before this > whole mess (started > > and caused repeatedly with attempts to use or > build ANY form of 2.4.17 > > kernel) when I had a nice, self-built 2.4.13 > kernel. I WANT IT BACK!! > > > > > > Know where I can find the kernel-source for the > Mandrake 2.4.13 kernel? > > It worked beautifully...I had simply hoped > (wrongly it turns out) > > that 2.4.17 would be improved even more. Boy was > I wrong on that. > > That is the most miserably broken kernel I've > ever had the displeasure > > to mess with. Even if you install the > precompiled binary it doesn't > > work...and it even produces unknown symbol > messages for two of its own > > modules (minix.o and sysv.o)! To add insult to > injury, it doesn't > > even recognize that it has its own pcmcia modules > like i82365 and ds. > > They are CLEARLY extant right where they are > supposed to be but the > > kernel complains that they do not exist when > trying to start pcmcia! > > Gee-aaw! Building it myself in various ways > didn't fix the minix.o > > and sysv.o symbol problem and it certainly didn't > do jack for pcmcia > > or sound. > > > > The whole reason I have been wanting to get past > the 2.4.8-26mdk 8.1 > > kernel is because it doesn't work with my > soundcard...a simple, old, > > never-changing ess solo1. This worked with with > all the 2.2.x kernels > > and with 2.4.13, just not with 2.4.8 or 2.4.17. > > > > I'm getting real irate about the whole damn thing > after dicking with > > this and that, trashing my system totally (the > 2.4.17 kernels in any > > form installed on my system broke it so badly > that it was easier to > > reinstall from scratch than to try to untangle > the mess. > > > > praedor > > > > On Thursday 24 January 2002 14:27, you wrote: > >> On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:17:12 -0800 (PST) > >> > >> Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly > spake these words to > >> ponder: > >> > OK, when I got a usable 8.1 system with > >> > kernel-2.4.8-26mdk running, I decided to try > one more > >> > time with kerne-2.4.17.8. This time, instead > of doing > >> > a source build I just installed the binary and > >> > rebooted. It booted up and...jus as with my > own build > >> > attempts, pcmcia failed miserablely and sound > was > >> > dead. > >> > >> [little snip] > >> > >> Praedor, > >> > >> I don't mean to pour salt into an open wound, but > have you considered > >> that there just might be hardware issues here and > that it's not the > >> software? PCMCIA is some of the most notoriously > miserable technology > >> when it doesn't work right. Even on a windows > machine that will > >> normally any old POS that you throw at it. > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > -- > GPG Key fingerprint = 4F36 EC4F 2F2C 5F59 9690 09E5 > 4C0F 9DB0 8623 53CE > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com
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