On 06 Oct 2002 00:15:35 +0100 Bob Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 23:51, Keith Antoine wrote: > > On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 07:01, Bob Raymond wrote: > > > I finally got 2.5.40 compiled, by applying the BK4 patch. It's > > > definitely different from 2.4.19. Sound quality is definitely > > > better (I have a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz), and I like having > > > Alsa part of the kernel now. It seems somewhat slower, though, > > > and hogs my memory. I'll admit to using bloatware, but as soon > > > as KDE gets fired up, I check free, and it reports about 400mb > > > of RAM in use, whereas I only used about 150 to 200mb with > > > 2.4.19. I don't think my data's about to get lost, so I'd say > > > if you're feeling up to a new kernel, try this one. > > > > > > > > > Bob Raymond > > > > I am stuck with 2.5.40, so what is a BK4 patch when its at home ? > > BK4 patch is latest from the BitKeeper tree. I needed it to get XFS > to compile. I'm not terribly happy with the kernel, as it's messed > up USB printing slightly- getting that sorted out right now. >
Unlike my experiences with the 2.3.x development series (which seemed better and faster than 2.2.x stable series), I have yet to read about anything in 2.5.x that makes me want to swim in this pond before it is 2.6 or 3.0. Have you found any great benefits? -- Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD? - Code Python gentoo(since 01/01/01) now 1.4beta kernel 2.4.18+ ext3 GCC3.2 xfce-sylpheed-skipstone _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
