Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2006-01-05 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 09:52:25AM +0900, Craig Hagerman wrote: Hamish said that there is rarely a need to compile your own kernel with Debian. I think I must have missed something. Is there a ways to do a simple 'apt-get install new_kernel'? I did a google search for something like 'debian

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2006-01-05 Thread Ernest jw ter Kuile
On Thursday 05 January 2006 01:52, Craig Hagerman wrote: On 1/1/06, Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hamish said that there is rarely a need to compile your own kernel with Debian. I think I must have missed something. Is there a ways to do a simple 'apt-get install new_kernel'? I did

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2006-01-05 Thread zzz haha
After configure, just use these three command to build the kernel : $ make $ make modules_install $ make install for a personal computer, and for one who can make menuconfig, i agree the debian way does not seem to add too much value.

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2006-01-05 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 05:25:00PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 06:22:01AM +0800, zzz haha wrote: After configure, just use these three command to build the kernel : $ make $ make modules_install $ make install for a personal computer, and for one who

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2006-01-04 Thread Craig Hagerman
On 1/1/06, Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you do it ALL the Debian way, it's just fine. You should see your new kernels added into the LILO configuration automatically, or at least the GRUB configuration (preferred to LILO these days). Another part of the Debian way is that you

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2006-01-02 Thread Blars Blarson
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i'd like to. :) really busy right now. :) reportbug needs a local smtp server? is there a standard way to send bug using gmail? reportbug can be configured to use SMTP to bugs.debian.org directly. (Some ISPs block port 25 so this will not

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2006-01-02 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 12:38:27PM +0800, zzz haha wrote: Is there a bug reported logged so that this will be fixed in the next Debian kernel package? i'd like to. :) really busy right now. :) reportbug needs a local smtp server? is there a standard way to send bug using gmail? Simple.

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2006-01-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 12:37:12AM +0900, Craig Hagerman wrote: Thanks for all the feedback. I tried installing a new kernel the 'debian way': % make menuconfig % make-kpkg followed by: % dpkg -i kernel_name.deb which did everything automatically. Then I restarted ... to find I had

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2006-01-01 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 12:37:12AM +0900, Craig Hagerman wrote: I am sure most of you will disagree with me but this is one area where I do NOT like doing things the debian way. Compiling and installing a If you do it ALL the Debian way, it's just fine. You should see your new kernels added

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2006-01-01 Thread zzz haha
Another part of the Debian way is that you rarely need to compile your own kernel these days. What did you need to change? his (and mine) dma is not enabled. :00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) thanks to his try,

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2006-01-01 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 09:48:59PM +0800, zzz haha wrote: Another part of the Debian way is that you rarely need to compile your own kernel these days. What did you need to change? his (and mine) dma is not enabled. :00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2006-01-01 Thread zzz haha
Is there a bug reported logged so that this will be fixed in the next Debian kernel package? i'd like to. :) really busy right now. :) reportbug needs a local smtp server? is there a standard way to send bug using gmail? thank you z

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2006-01-01 Thread Corey Hickey
zzz haha wrote: Is there a bug reported logged so that this will be fixed in the next Debian kernel package? i'd like to. :) really busy right now. :) reportbug needs a local smtp server? is there a standard way to send bug using gmail? Offhand, I'd say that you could go through the motions

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2005-12-31 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
Craig Hagerman wrote: I am sure most of you will disagree with me but this is one area where I do NOT like doing things the debian way. Compiling and installing a kernel isn't something I do everyday but it is something that can mess up a system. I don't know what is automagically being done

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2005-12-30 Thread Craig Hagerman
Thanks for all the feedback. I tried installing a new kernel the 'debian way': % make menuconfig % make-kpkg followed by: % dpkg -i kernel_name.deb which did everything automatically. Then I restarted ... to find I had no GUI and no internet. I realized that the automatic install had renamed

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2005-12-30 Thread Jim Crilly
On 12/31/05 12:37:12AM +0900, Craig Hagerman wrote: Thanks for all the feedback. I tried installing a new kernel the 'debian way': % make menuconfig % make-kpkg followed by: % dpkg -i kernel_name.deb which did everything automatically. Then I restarted ... to find I had no GUI and

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2005-12-30 Thread zzz haha
On 12/30/05, Craig Hagerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After I copied that bzImage I find that I have no GUI again. For some reason the nvidia modules is not getting loaded (or found). I have no idea why. Do I have to do something special with the nvidia module to get it to work with a newly

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2005-12-27 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
Craig Hagerman wrote: After doing some searching on the internet I found out that I probably should compile a kernel with dma support (or at least compiled in as a module). Generally, the relevant modules are already included in the kerlnel-image/linux-image deb... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

new kernel too big for lilo

2005-12-26 Thread Craig Hagerman
Hi, I asked a question last week about why my computer seems to use the CPU a lot during disc access. (Like using find, cp etc) Responses led me to figure out that DMA is not activated. After doing some searching on the internet I found out that I probably should compile a kernel with dma support

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2005-12-26 Thread Ed Tomlinson
On Monday 26 December 2005 11:02, Craig Hagerman wrote: Hi, I asked a question last week about why my computer seems to use the CPU a lot during disc access. (Like using find, cp etc) Responses led me to figure out that DMA is not activated. After doing some searching on the internet I found

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2005-12-26 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 01:02:05AM +0900, Craig Hagerman wrote: My problem is that the resultant kernel image is too big ... at least that is the complain that lilo keeps giving me. From within the source directory I do: % make dep make clean make bzImage I don't know whether it changes

Re: new kernel too big for lilo

2005-12-26 Thread Ernest jw ter Kuile
Old bug. you should have tryed Google. You're copying the uncompressed kernel. Doesn't work. Don't copy kernel by hand, use make install Ernest. On Monday 26 December 2005 17:02, Craig Hagerman wrote: Hi, I asked a question last week about why my computer seems to use the CPU a lot during