On Wednesday 11 Jul 2007, Thomas Hertweck wrote: > ianseeks wrote: > > [...] > > If you were going to make a choice to download the latest (or as close to > > latest) kernel from the repositories - which path do you take? > > If i go to this mirror for example > > http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/Kernel:/ > > do i go to "HEAD/openSUSE_Factory/i586/" > > or "Vanilla/SUSE_Factory/" > > Well, I don't know the details, but the name "vanilla" implies that this > is the vanilla kernel from kernel.org while the HEAD directory contains > the SuSE kernel and kernel sources (i.e. vanilla kernel with additional > SuSE patches). Therefore, the answer to your question is: you need to > decide which kernel you would like to use and then choose the > corresponding directory. In any case, do not replace your existing > kernel, install any new kernel in addition to the old one. > > HTH, Th.
Thanks Thomas. That makes sense. Now to search out the sources and see if the Nvidia drivers can cope with the new HEAD version but i migh wait for the official latest rather than the RC version they currently have -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
