On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Tuesday 20 November 2001 12:19 pm, skidley wrote: > > > I had that also and I was able to uninstall the iptables, install > > the kernel with rpm -ivh and then install iptables again. Although > > I gave up on this kernel rpm stuff because I wanted the source and > > I got the source rpm and I did rpm --rebuild and it spent hours > > building smp and enterprise kernels and the like. > > Your mistake, you got the wrong kernel source rpm. > > kernel-source-2.4.13-8mdk.i586.rpm installs the source for the > Mandrake kernel > kernel-2.4.13-8mdk.src.rpm contains the sources to compile the > various kernels from scratch > > I just killed it > > and went and got the kernel source from kernel.org and built my > > own. No more kernel rpms for me. -- > > Some people perfer using vanilla kernel.org source. Most of > those that do don't seem to understand that it's plain beta (even > alpha) quality source and they're on their own. At least the Mandrake > source or ready made kernel rpms, while still beta, have had quite a > bit of prior attention from the Mandrake developers (mostly Juan ;) > to try and assure that it won't break Mandrake specific features, and > be Mandrake compatible before they're released. > > That's one of several reasons that kernel.org has 2.4.15 src, and > cooker is still 2.4.13. Plus, 2.4.13 kernel src on kernel.org, still > has any problems or flaws it was released with. You have to get the > next release, or back port fixes from subsequent releases, to > 'correct' it. OTOH, and for example, the 2.4.8-26mdk ML8.1 was > shipped with, had back ported 2.4.9 fixes incorporated into it. So > while YMMV, I'd avoid vanilla kernel.org source like the plague. > > In either case, I suggest monitoring the linux-kernel ML if you > use vanilla src, or the Mandrake cooker ML before using cooker > kernels. Sure, even tho I lurk on the cooker list, I've still d/l'd > and installed (-ivh) kernels that caused unfixable problems. In that > case, I uninstall 'em and wait for a higher (-?mdk) patch level, and > when the discussion on the cooker list warrants, try again. Easy to > do with rpms ;>> > I always use the vanilla src and haven't had any problems. Thanks for the tip on the kernel-source. What I downloaded was a waste of time. I may try a kernel-source again who knows. So when ya get the source does that have a suitable .config already selected or is it wise to do your own make menuconfig like with vanilla source. I guess that's what I would do as I have one saved that works for me and I would only need to change a couple options. Sorry for the dumb questions but I'm not up on this kernel rpm stuff.
-- Chad Young Registered Linux User #195191
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