Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel 2.6.25-r6 oddities; is this kernel really ready for stable?

2008-07-25 Thread s3b4sm4gr1
2008/7/26 Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> >> >> But when you ask them about support for the new kernels, the answer is "we >> are annoyed by the kernel development process; they change the internal API >> all

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel 2.6.25-r6 oddities; is this kernel really ready for stable?

2008-07-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But when you ask them about support for the new kernels, the answer is "we > are annoyed by the kernel development process; they change the internal API > all the time, it's annoying." > > I think it's time for the

[gentoo-user] Re: kernel 2.6.25-r6 oddities; is this kernel really ready for stable?

2008-07-24 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: [...] BTW: I told a few other faculty about my difficulties: here's a typical reaction: It's an obvious question, but... are they freakin' insane? VMWare is one of the few really good pieces of general-market software that supports Linux. Why on earth would the linux com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel 2.6.25-r6 oddities; is this kernel really ready for stable?

2008-07-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:55:14 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > I never needed to do 'make oldconfig'. After emerging a new kernel, I > do "make menuconfig" (or xconfig (Qt) or gconfig (Gtk)) and everything > is already configured like the currently running kernel. But your new kernel is differ

[gentoo-user] Re: kernel 2.6.25-r6 oddities; is this kernel really ready for stable?

2008-07-23 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Dale wrote: You are not alone if having "issues" with this kernel. When I tried to run it recently, I noticed a serious slow down in KDE, especially when logging into KDE. My usual login time is about 7 to 8 seconds but with this kernel, try about 30 seconds. My mouse was "jerky" and even S

[gentoo-user] Re: kernel 2.6.25-r6 oddities; is this kernel really ready for stable?

2008-07-23 Thread James
Kevin O'Gorman gmail.com> writes: > >> I run gentoo x86 stable, so that I usually avoid this sort of thing. > I am not suggesting that the vmware stuff should prevent releasing a > kernel. I am suggesting that pages of > cryptic and unusual output, not to mention warnings and deprecation > fr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel 2.6.25-r6 oddities; is this kernel really ready for stable?

2008-07-23 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> >> I run gentoo x86 stable, so that I usually avoid this sort of thing. >> >> This kernel, however, looks balky to me, because it's reporting >> warnings and other oddities during compilation.

[gentoo-user] Re: kernel 2.6.25-r6 oddities; is this kernel really ready for stable?

2008-07-23 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I run gentoo x86 stable, so that I usually avoid this sort of thing. This kernel, however, looks balky to me, because it's reporting warnings and other oddities during compilation. I don't like warnings at any time, and with the kernel's make wrappers cleaning up the outpu