> >> > >> 2.4.10 has dodgy VM... my advice, based on reading kernel traffic, is > >> to use -ac if you absolutely need 2.4.10, use 2.4.9 if you don't. > > > > > > How about 2.4.12? The changelog for 2.4.11 > > (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.11) has some > > VM tweaks, and 2.4.12 > > (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.12) has some > > other more minor fixes. > > > *shrugs* > > All I know is, they almost completely replaced the VM for 2.4.10-linus and -aa. > > Alan Cox reckons they should've left that for 2.5, and my experience with the > guy is that he knows what he's talking about.
So there are basically 2 trees for the 2.4 kernel, yeah? 2.4.x-linus and 2.4.x-ac. I had been running 2.4.9 but the ntfs driver was screwed and wouldn't compile. I've been running 2.4 for at least 7 months @ home and have not had any _major_ issues with it, but my laptop is another thing all together - I have seen more stable win98 boxes. Mostly I think it is problems with the display (there is an S3 Savage4 graphix card in it somewhere), and 2.4.5 would lock & crash xmms... Anyway, AFAIK, the ac is the more 'experimental' tree, which I thought was weird as Mr Cox usually seem to be one for stability over experimentation. So you think that the -ac tree may be a better bet to use? TIA Monkey > > -- > Alistair Davidson > Read my comic, Bizmatch! http://www.altgeek.org/lord_inh/comic/index.html > "You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery > tart threw a sword at you." > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
