On 5/11/05, Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 11 May 2005 4:22 pm, Troy Davidson wrote: > > I am running MDK 10.0 on a Compaq Presario 2100 Laptop. I have a > > custom kernel for my ACPI and my wifi card (D-Link). > > > > I am wanting to upgrade to LE2005. Anyone upgrade from 10.0 to > > LE2005? How did it go? Will I need to recompile my kernel so I can > > get the ACPI and my card to work? > > > You are going to have some trouble with the devfs to udev migration and the > kde changes if you try an upgrade, it can be done, and I would do it that > way, but you need to know what you are doing. Review the release notes of > both the 10.1 and LE2005 distro trees, as well as the errataa for both for > more potential gotches. > > For KDE, I would recommend removing KDE prior to the upgrade, then adding it > back after the upgrade is complete. This will overcome some changes to where > some kde apps are classified, which led to some difficuloty upgrading. > > As for the kernel, the acpi and wireless card should be fine as support has > only gotten better in the kernel proper. > -- > /g > > > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________ > > >
I figure I will just backup everything and do a fresh install. I figure that will be the easiest. I will just recompile a custom kernel if I need to. Thanks for info. -- ++++++++++++++++++ Troy Davidson
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