Glad to hear you guys have had success with the 2.6 kernels! Basically, the trick is sorting out the config file for your particular hardware.
I too find the desktop performance noticably inproved with 2.6.0-testx. I guess I'll retire my 2.4 kernels from here on out. Even the great 2.4.22-ck2 doesn't cut it anymore. Robert Crawford On Friday 24 October 2003 3:52 pm, Tom Syroid wrote: > Robert, Kevin, Paul (and anyone else following this thread)... > > I have a working 2.6.0 config on my Dell Inspiron 8000: > > * built from 2.6.0 sources (not gentoo development sources), > * patched with mm1, > * sound works, > * my touchpad works (ie, tap for single-click, double-tap for double-click, > scroll functionality, etc. etc; it's still a little "schitzy", but I'm > suspect part is getting used to the new config and part is tweaking the > XFree parameters), > * APM works (shows in KDE), > * NVIDIA driver installed and working. > * Desktop/program response is markedly improved over the 2.4.20-r5 kernel I > was using. Nice. > > NOTES: > > * my kernel config is attached for anyone interested > * XF86Config attached for anyone interested > * I had to re-emerge nvidia-kernel. When I did, portage insisted on > re-installing gentoo-sources (which I had unemerged). I worked around this > by commenting out the virtual kernel section in the ebuild. I suspect this > is not the "correct" way to deal with a src kernel install, but it worked. > * You don't need the alsa-driver ebuild any more (handled by the kernel); > you do need the alsa-libs ebuild installed to achieve sound under KDE. > > STILL BROKEN: > > WIRELESS. My card is a Linksys WPC11. I'm 90% there, but anyone who's > fought with wireless under Linux can attest to the fact that the last 10% > can be a hair-pulling, long, frustrating process. At the moment, I'm > content to be at the 90 mark; I'll tolerate the cable for the moment. > > Here's what I've done so far: > > * I have PCMCIA enables at the kernel level -- required to emerge the > PCMCIA-CS sources with kernels > 2.5.x. Modules include the PCMCIA driver > and YENTA. > * I have the ORINOCO and ORINOCO-CS drivers comiled as modules (in my prior > gentoo-2.4.20-r5 install, the card worked fine with the PCMCIA-CS sources > and the ORINOCO_CS driver so I'm using this as a starting point). > * I can load the YENTA module manually, and the sockets are recognized -- > no errors. > * The ORINOCO and ORINOCO_CS modules load without error. > * If I try to start net.eth0, I get a failure error. > > I've tried, literally, dozens of combinations in my quest to make wireless > work, to no avail. If anyone's got any "good ideas", I'll give them a shot. > > Best, > /tom -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
