On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 10:36:13AM +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > > David Fokkema (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 09:33:30PM -0600, Jules Dubois wrote: > >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Sat, 01 May > >> 2004 22:56:06 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > >> > >> > And it is IMPOSSIBLE to use Woody on a new server > >> > now, because it doesn't support current hardware. > >> > >> What current hardware isn't supported by Woody? > > > > My 3Com 3c940 1Mbit ethernet card (sk98lin driver), but I suspect this > > will be fixed by using kernel 2.4.24 from woody-proposed-updates. I > > really think that most hardware problems are kernel related and will > > be fixed in the next point release. Until then, put > > woody-proposed-updates in your sources. > > If I remember correctly, this is not the first time that an updated > kernel newer than 2.4.18 is in proposed-updates. So far they newer made > it into the next revision, mostly for compatibility reasons (I think > even the updated 2.4.18 packages were rejected last time). Is there > any reason to believe that it will be different next time?
I didn't know this. I really hope 2.4.24 makes it into woody. David -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]