Put the kernel package on hold, probably wise to do along with all the other thing's you've been locally building.
See this post: http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/2000/October/msg01029.html I don't know about non-existant modules causing a hang, but read- up on debian's way of maintaining modules.conf - "man update-modules" - before you reboot into the new kernel. >Ok, thought I'd better start a new thread since this is no longer about >Ximian packages... > >When upgrading from Potato to Woody/Sid, how does apt/dpkg deal with the >kernel? > >I know it's 2.4.x there but what happens to any kernel changes you've >made? Will they be lost or can the kernel be updated later? > >I ask because I have had a lot of problems with trying to compile >kernels and having non-existent modules hang my system on reboot forcing >me to reinstall (though I think I can avoid doing that now). > >I also have a winmodem that works when you can compile the module but I >am forever having problems with mismatched header errors. > >-- >************************* >* Simon Wong * >* * >* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * >* * >************************* -- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..."' - Isaac Asimov -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
