>>"Gorjanc Gregor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> I just bought IBM ThinkPad R50e and I successfully installed Debian >> testing on it. Works nice. Is there anyone who is willing to share >> kernel (2.6) and any modules configuration optimized for this brand? >> I really get lost in 'make menuconfig', it is just to technical for >> my hardware/computer knowledge. > >My advice to you would be to stick with the Debian default kernel: > >The only significant feature that isn't supported by it[1] is the IBM >ACPI extras, which you can live without, and it does come with >everything compiled as modules nicely. > >Once you *know* why you need a custom kernel, build one. Change for the >sake of change is seldom /forward/ progress. ;)
Thanks to Daniel, Nate and Arjen for the response. You all made fair statements and I am convinced to stay with Debians kernel. I just installed 2.6.11-1-686 image but now I have other problem. I installed sources for ipw2200 and thinkpad modules and tried to install them via 'module-assistant' and for ipw2200 it went fine. However, I am not able to load the module, since the format is not the right one. I don't have the exact message, since I write from Windows at the moment :( I have "GCC 4", while kernel might be compiled with "GCC 3.3", just guessing. Should I compile kernel with config, from /boot of currently installed kernel or is it something else? I know this list is not primary place for such issues, but since it came up from above discussion I hope anyone can help me with it. Thanks in advance, Gregor
