----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Elliott" Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:35 PM Subject: Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:04:23 +1200 > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I suspect he is better to download the kernel source for his distro and > > kernel version - otherwise other things may break. > > > > > ummmmm > yes and no (irish blood) > we could try it that way but a common problem here is that distro's > release kernels which have had all kinds of patch sets applied to them & this > often makes it difficult to cleanly apply patches of ones own. > > i notice that mandrake does give the option of installing a vanilla kernel > but am not sure re other distros. > > anyway i'm quite happy to give it a shot this way - if we run into problems > unsurmountable we can always try the plain way. > > a small thought occurs - dependant on which distro Nick's using, the supplied > kernel(s) may have already had the needed patchset applied, which would be real good. > > Nick, which distro(and kernel) are you using? Err... Mandrake 9.1, kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk I believe? BTW I don't mind waiting until the end of the month fix-up session, either way is fine.
