On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 13:10, Alan wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:09:09AM -0600, Canek Pel?ez Vald?s wrote: > > Hi; I've some issues with the latests gentoo-sources (including several > > freezes with heavy processor/IO load), and by searching in the mailing > > lists and in the forums (and the bug database), it seems that the better > > solution is to make the move to 2.6.x. I'm currently using > > gentoo-sources-2.4.22-r5 (hand configured kernel, using more or less the > > same configuration since 2.4.20-something).
It's not attributed to something like APIC? I know myself that weird stuff happened for me with APIC enabled (with 2.6 kernels) such as my laptop hanging (as in the magic SysRq doesnt work) whenever I changed the screen brightness. > > The thing is, I use various modules and subsystems, and I need to know > > if they work in 2.6.x. These are: > > > > - NVidia binary drivers. They work ok in 2.6.x? I've an AGP > > GeForce4 MX 420. > > Work fine with my gf4ti4200 with 2.6.0 and the pre kernels. I'm not > using it all the time due to not being able to resolve some of my mouse > issues, but nvidia works dandy (you might need ~86 however). The ~x86 drivers are probably a better idea anyway, in this case. They worked for me on 2.6.0-test kernels (no longer have the card in question - traded up for a radeon :) > > - LIRC. The lirc_gpio module works in 2.6.x? > > - V4L/bttv. The latest driver (0.9.12) works OK with 2.6.x? bttv works fine, but you have to enable some stuff in i2c to get the option. a forum search will turn up what you need, but off the top of my head, i think it was bit-banging adapters or something like that. > > Besides that, I have several other questions. I know that devfs will be > > changed to something else in the near future. Should I worry? I need to > > make a special change? > > Only issue with this is you have to remember to put in /dev/pts. You > don't need this with the 2.4 kernels as it's integrated in with devfs, > but in 2.6 it was taken out. Read the notice when you emerge a 2.6 kernel source. It will warn you all about devpts, etc. > > What about NTPL? Should I use them? > > Not sure about this, check the forums as there are some people in there > talking about it. I don't think it's needed anyway. nptl is optional and not required. There have been issues afaik with nvidia drivers, however. I'm not sure if they are resolved. That said, I'm near the end of a clean install using nptl to try it out on my desktop computer. It's supposed to be faster, but I can't confirm yet. > > If someone has made the switch from 2.4 to 2.6, and has similar/the same > > hardware as I, please post your comments about it. > > I have a very similar system and would be using 2.6 if I could deal with > my mouse issues. In short, I have a logitech mx700 and after I got the > mouse speed problems fixed (moving from 2.4 to 2.6 sped the mouse up > about 100x :) I found that the buttons and scroll wheel stopped working > properly. I hear it's due to that mouse using a new protocol (ps2 plus) > which isn't supported by default in XFree86 (yet, there is a patch out > there). That sucks. I have the mx300, and it works fine. I can even toggle the mouse resolution from 400dpi to 800dpi using a program called logitech_applet. > Of the binary drivers I use, nvidia worked fine, nforce-net didn't work > at all, and I couldn't get vmware going, but I have seen reports of it > working if you check the archives and google. Other than that > everything worked just dandy. I was using the ck and ac kernels before, > so they had some of the preemptive patches already and I didn't notice > any huge speed increase, but I didn't use it long enough for "real" use. > I have 2.6 running on my apache server for the SATA drivers and it's > rolling along just fine. I haven't used a 2.4 kernel for very long since 2.4.20, and the last one that has touched my system was an ac-sources based off 2.4.22-preSomething, so I cannot compare performance either. I just know power management is _much_ nicer on my laptop with 2.6 (probably because i never took the time to look at patching 2.4 with the latest acpi stuff when i bought the notebook) -- Chris I [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: www.cidesign.ca/~chris/ A social scientist, studying the culture and traditions of a small North African tribe, found a woman still practicing the ancient art of matchmaking. Locally, she was known as the Moor, the marrier. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
