Re: 2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-19 Thread David E. Fox
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:59:21 +0100 "Dan H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > maybe you mentioned this before, but what is your X/2.6 problem? > > Just horning in on this thread here; there are 2 reasons why I run 2.4 > on my current sarge box: > > 1. I have random

Re: 2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-19 Thread Dan H.
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > maybe you mentioned this before, but what is your X/2.6 problem? Just horning in on this thread here; there are 2 reasons why I run 2.4 on my current sarge box: 1. I have random keyboard freezes on boot-up with the 2.6.8-3-k7 kernel 2. The SPICE package I'm freque

Re: 2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-19 Thread celejar
On 1/18/07, Kevin Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] This is probably not a great idea, since 2.4 kernel support has been dropped [0] from Debian. This means userspace tools with 2.4 support will not be supported anymore, as well as security updates. It might be worthwhile to try to get a

Re: 2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-19 Thread celejar
On 1/18/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 12:15:15PM -0800, Kevin Ross wrote: > > Is there a relatively straightforward way to install a 2.4 series kernel > on Sid? > > I currently use unstable repos and would like to do a complete

Re: 2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:59:21AM +0100, Dan H. wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > maybe you mentioned this before, but what is your X/2.6 problem? > > Just horning in on this thread here; there are 2 reasons why I run 2.4 > on my current sarge box: > > 1. I have random keyboard freeze

Re: 2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-18 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 12:15:15PM -0800, Kevin Ross wrote: > > Is there a relatively straightforward way to install a 2.4 series kernel > on Sid? > > I currently use unstable repos and would like to do a complete > > dist-upgrade, but I still have some old stuff, includin

Re: 2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-18 Thread Kevin Ross
> Is there a relatively straightforward way to install a 2.4 series kernel on Sid? > I currently use unstable repos and would like to do a complete > dist-upgrade, but I still have some old stuff, including a 2.4.27 > kernel which I can't afford to lose, since X doesn't w

Re: 2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-16 Thread celejar
On 1/16/07, Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am 2007-01-12 09:52:40, schrieb celejar: > Is there a relatively straightforward way to install a 2.4 series kernel on > Sid? NO, -- but go to <http://www.kernel.org/> and download Linux 2.4.32 which you can build

Re: 2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-16 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-01-12 09:52:40, schrieb celejar: > Is there a relatively straightforward way to install a 2.4 series kernel on > Sid? NO, -- but go to <http://www.kernel.org/> and download Linux 2.4.32 which you can build using the "kernel-package" and its tool "make-kp

Re: 2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-12 Thread celejar
On 1/12/07, macondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: celejar wrote: > Is there a relatively straightforward way to install a 2.4 series kernel > on Sid? > I currently use unstable repos and would like to do a complete > dist-upgrade, but I still have some old stuff, including a 2.4.2

Re: 2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-12 Thread macondo
celejar wrote: Is there a relatively straightforward way to install a 2.4 series kernel on Sid? I currently use unstable repos and would like to do a complete dist-upgrade, but I still have some old stuff, including a 2.4.27 kernel which I can't afford to lose, since X doesn't work co

2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-12 Thread celejar
Is there a relatively straightforward way to install a 2.4 series kernel on Sid? I currently use unstable repos and would like to do a complete dist-upgrade, but I still have some old stuff, including a 2.4.27 kernel which I can't afford to lose, since X doesn't work correctly on 2.6