Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-09 Thread scrapmetaldevil
Praedor or any one else who has knowledge and conversation with the holy kernel: Maybe you can help me understand this a little better. I got past all the hurdles and got to the make xconfig step in buildkernel. Now here's my dilemma...I have a C-Media chipset (8738am) which is

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-09 Thread Buchan Milne
The only problem that I see with this (maybe buildkernel solves this, which is what I want to find out) is pathces made to the kernel. Mandkake ships with a kernel patched, patched, patched, compiled to support a lot of features only available on the 2.3.x and 2.4.0 text official

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-09 Thread Tom Massey
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, when checking off my xconfig I come to the sound card menu and C-Media is locked out of selection. What have you selected under 'Code maturity level options'? You need to select 'Y' under this, or it will block out C-Media, and any other

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-09 Thread Praedor Tempus
Buildkernel defaults to downloading from kernel.us.org (not sure about the the actual web address). It defaults to downloading the latest stable kernel. I haven't paid attention to the patches as you mention because I don't have any of the video/cams you mention. If you select to get

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-08 Thread mrweb
John Rye wrote: mrweb wrote: Any help with this will be appreciated. Thanks! mrweb Subject: Updating ML and Kernel Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 10:38:06 -0700 From: mrweb [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-08 Thread mrweb
Praedor Tempus wrote: I would like to strongly advocate dispensing with doing an rpm install of kernels and, instead, download the buildkernel rpm and use that. It is a wonderful app that makes building your own kernel painless and simple. You run "buildkernel --help" to get a list of

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-08 Thread Praedor Tempus
mrweb wrote: Praedor Tempus wrote: I would like to strongly advocate dispensing with doing an rpm install of kernels and, instead, download the buildkernel rpm and use that. It is a wonderful app that makes building your own kernel painless and simple. [...] praedor, Thanks,

[expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-07 Thread mrweb
Any help with this will be appreciated. Thanks! mrweb Hello, I too am wanting to update my kernel, and have downloaded most of the kernel packages from the ml update ftp mirror, but am not certain which ones I need? Do I need the source headers packages? And all of the others? I was going

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-07 Thread John Rye
mrweb wrote: Any help with this will be appreciated. Thanks! mrweb Subject: Updating ML and Kernel Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 10:38:06 -0700 From: mrweb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: web/tech/ To: [EMAIL

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-07 Thread Praedor Tempus
I would like to strongly advocate dispensing with doing an rpm install of kernels and, instead, download the buildkernel rpm and use that. It is a wonderful app that makes building your own kernel painless and simple. You run "buildkernel --help" to get a list of all the options (I usually use

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-07 Thread Mwinold
im sure this is a real nice feature if you can connect to the net with linux!! i work for the gov. so money is tight and i spend enough as it is so no im not going to buy a new modem to replace this winmodem, instead im duel booting downloading and communicating with one os and im

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-07 Thread Praedor Tempus
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: im sure this is a real nice feature if you can connect to the net with linux!! i work for the gov. so money is tight and i spend enough as it is so no im not going to buy a new modem to replace this winmodem, instead im duel booting downloading and

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-07 Thread Mwinold
as they say in the navy if it works , why shell out money for something better! Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-07 Thread Praedor Tempus
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as they say in the navy if it works , why shell out money for something better! Since you haver refered to work/navy several times, I wonder if you are using this computer on the job? Is it a laptop? If it is on the job/at work, have you no access to an ethernet

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-07 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 07-Oct-00 20:42:35 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Computer Renaissance ewww thats a horrible company their employees are idiots! and they sell gear for twice as much as i can get it on the net, as far as this comp goes i am probably giving it