Re: highmem kernel question

2007-02-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:07:26 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/05/07 17:24, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:06:07 -0600 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> You need linux-image-2.6.18-4-686. >

Re: highmem kernel question

2007-02-05 Thread Alan Ianson
On Mon February 5 2007 15:24, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:06:07 -0600 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You need linux-image-2.6.18-4-686. > > ^^^ > Are you sure? I just updated and I still only see the -3- image. Etch is still at -3. If

Re: highmem kernel question

2007-02-05 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 06:07:26PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/05/07 17:24, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:06:07 -0600 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> You need linux-image-2.6.18-4-686. > > ^^^ > > Are you sure? I just update

Re: highmem kernel question

2007-02-05 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/05/07 17:24, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:06:07 -0600 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You need linux-image-2.6.18-4-686. > ^^^ > Are you sure? I just updated and I still only see the -

Re: highmem kernel question

2007-02-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:06:07 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need linux-image-2.6.18-4-686. ^^^ Are you sure? I just updated and I still only see the -3- image. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

Re: highmem kernel question

2007-02-05 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-02-05, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:32:01 GMT > Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've upgraded my RAM from 512M to 1.5G, ... Google tells me that I >> need a kernel with highmem support. ... which one? >> >> Linux blackbart 2.6.

Re: highmem kernel question

2007-02-05 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/05/07 11:32, Tyler Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I've upgraded my RAM from 512M to 1.5G, (the original 512 plus a new > 1GB chip). I've installed it correctly, as verified by the BIOS and > WinXP on the same machine. Debian testing only sees 906792kb v

Re: highmem kernel question

2007-02-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:32:01 GMT Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've upgraded my RAM from 512M to 1.5G, (the original 512 plus a new > 1GB chip). I've installed it correctly, as verified by the BIOS and > WinXP on the same machine. Debian testing only sees 906792kb vs > 1563056k

highmem kernel question

2007-02-05 Thread Tyler Smith
Hi, I've upgraded my RAM from 512M to 1.5G, (the original 512 plus a new 1GB chip). I've installed it correctly, as verified by the BIOS and WinXP on the same machine. Debian testing only sees 906792kb vs 1563056kb in WinXP. Google tells me that I need a kernel with highmem support. I can't sort o

Re: debian sarge kernel question

2005-05-19 Thread monky
thanks perhaps i got a older version. but i hope the debian developer's group include kernel source code at new version On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 05:28:07PM +0200, Romain Marciel wrote: > monky wrote: > >hello,everybody > >i download debian sarge Disk 1 from internet and install it. > >everything is

Re: debian sarge kernel question

2005-05-18 Thread Romain Marciel
monky wrote: hello,everybody i download debian sarge Disk 1 from internet and install it. everything is successful.but i download other software in my computer. when i compile there softwares,the system promt me "your must have kernel header file". i run 'uname -r' at my computer,i get some message

debian sarge kernel question

2005-05-18 Thread monky
hello,everybody i download debian sarge Disk 1 from internet and install it. everything is successful.but i download other software in my computer. when i compile there softwares,the system promt me "your must have kernel header file". i run 'uname -r' at my computer,i get some message "2.6.8-1-686

Re: newbie kernel question

2004-08-10 Thread Paul Johnson
"Mark D. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How can I tell which Linux kernel is running on my Debian machine? > Thanks. uname -a pgphsKWjYxG0T.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: newbie kernel question

2004-08-10 Thread Justin Cassidy
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server.postinst: /etc/init.d/mysql: No such file or directory update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/mysql: file does not exist dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing:

Re: newbie kernel question

2004-08-10 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Mark D. Hansen (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > How can I tell which Linux kernel is running on my Debian machine? Use uname. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas

Re: newbie kernel question

2004-08-10 Thread Thomas Adam
Justin - On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 07:13:22PM +0100, Justin Cassidy wrote: > /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server.postinst: /etc/init.d/mysql: No such file > or directory (as root): touch /etc/init.d/mysql && chmod 755 /etc/init.d/mysql *then* re-run the apt-get command I gave you in my last e-mail.

Re: newbie kernel question

2004-08-10 Thread Peter O
> How can I tell which Linux kernel is running on my Debian machine? Thanks. type 'uname -a' Cheers, Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: newbie kernel question

2004-08-10 Thread Thomas Adam
On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 01:32:25PM -0400, Mark D. Hansen wrote: > How can I tell which Linux kernel is running on my Debian machine? Thanks. uname -r -- Thomas Adam -- "Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask. You are a flatulent pain in the arse." -- Morrissey. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

newbie kernel question

2004-08-10 Thread Mark D. Hansen
How can I tell which Linux kernel is running on my Debian machine? Thanks.

Re: 2.4.26 to 2.6 kernel question

2004-05-19 Thread Adam Aube
Ishwar Rattan wrote: > What is the correct procedure to 2.6 kernel and utilities? apt-get install kernel-image This will show a list of all available kernel images. Pick a 2.6 kernel image for your processor and install it. If you are on Sarge or Sid, 2.6 kernels will be in the repository. If y

2.4.26 to 2.6 kernel question

2004-05-19 Thread Ishwar Rattan
What is the correct procedure to 2.6 kernel and utilities? -ihswar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kernel question

2004-02-06 Thread Sam Halliday
Adam Aube wrote: > On Friday 06 February 2004 04:23 am, David Baron wrote: > > The new kernel image would not boot up because of "missing" modules.dep > > references. Does one need to build the whole thing or is there a way to > > simply use the newer kernel with the modules that are already on the

Re: kernel question

2004-02-06 Thread Adam Aube
On Friday 06 February 2004 04:23 am, David Baron wrote: > The new kernel image would not boot up because of "missing" modules.dep > references. Does one need to build the whole thing or is there a way to > simply use the newer kernel with the modules that are already on the > system? Try running "

Re: kernel question

2004-02-06 Thread David Baron
On Friday 06 February 2004 08:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You can boot to a console and use "apt-get install kernel-image" to see a > list of available kernel images (with versions). Pick a newer kernel from > the list and install that. I tried that. The new kernel image would not boot up beca

Re: kernel question

2004-02-05 Thread Adam Aube
On Thursday 05 February 2004 05:44 pm, Matt Richardson wrote: > Sorry to ask such a silly question, but I haven't found a good answer > for it on google. I've got a Dell GX115 box running a basic Debian > system from the 3.0r2 installation cds, with kernel 2.2. I tried the > bf24 install, but it

Re: kernel question

2004-02-05 Thread Johann Koenig
On Thursday February 5 at 02:44pm Matt Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to ask such a silly question, but I haven't found a good answer > for it on google. I've got a Dell GX115 box running a basic Debian > system from the 3.0r2 installation cds, with kernel 2.2. I tried the > bf24

kernel question

2004-02-05 Thread Matt Richardson
Hi all, Sorry to ask such a silly question, but I haven't found a good answer for it on google. I've got a Dell GX115 box running a basic Debian system from the 3.0r2 installation cds, with kernel 2.2. I tried the bf24 install, but it failed with a bad eic value, which after some searching seems

Re: Kernel question

2002-03-08 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Charles Parker wrote: > I don't see a 2.4 kernel in the stable Debian packages. I've been told it's > usually NOT a good idea to take a kernel directly from kernel.org because it > won't contain the customizations provided by your distribution, and things > will likely break. I

Re: Kernel question

2002-03-08 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Charles" == Charles Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Charles> I don't see a 2.4 kernel in the stable Debian Charles> packages. I've been told it's usually NOT a good idea to Charles> take a kernel directly from kernel.org because it won't Charles> contain the customizations

Re: Kernel question

2002-03-08 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 20:49, Scott Henson wrote: > You need to dist-upgrade to woody if you want a 2.4.x kernel. Wrong. See other post in thread Also > cooking your own kernel from kernel.org sources work just fine. There > shouldn't be anything wrong with it. You need new modutils and pos

Re: Kernel question

2002-03-08 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 19:52, Charles Parker wrote: > I don't see a 2.4 kernel in the stable Debian packages. http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html -- I did not vote for the Austrian government

Re: Kernel question

2002-03-08 Thread Craig Dickson
begin Charles Parker quotation: > I don't see a 2.4 kernel in the stable Debian packages. I've been told it's > usually NOT a good idea to take a kernel directly from kernel.org because > it won't contain the customizations provided by your distribution, and > things will likely break. Not t

Re: Kernel question

2002-03-08 Thread Craig Dickson
begin Rich Puhek quotation: > I don't believe Debian "customizes" the kernel at all. There are > pre-compiled versions available with different options set (see things > like "kernel-image-2.2.19-compact" and "kernel-image-2.2.19-ide" There are also usually some extra patches applied, which I p

Re: Kernel question

2002-03-08 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Charles Parker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... I've been told it's > usually NOT a good idea to take a kernel directly from kernel.org because > it won't contain the customizations provided by your distribution, and > things will likely break. This is usually the case with DeadRat, but

Re: Kernel question

2002-03-08 Thread Scott Henson
On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 13:52, Charles Parker wrote: > I don't see a 2.4 kernel in the stable Debian packages. I've been told it's > usually NOT a good idea to take a kernel directly from kernel.org because it > won't contain the customizations provided by your distribution, and things > will like

Re: Kernel question

2002-03-08 Thread Rich Puhek
Charles Parker wrote: > > I don't see a 2.4 kernel in the stable Debian packages. I've been told it's > usually NOT a good idea to take a kernel directly from kernel.org because it > won't contain the customizations provided by your distribution, and things > will likely break. I've also been told

Kernel question

2002-03-08 Thread Charles Parker
I don't see a 2.4 kernel in the stable Debian packages. I've been told it's usually NOT a good idea to take a kernel directly from kernel.org because it won't contain the customizations provided by your distribution, and things will likely break. I've also been told to use a 2.4 kernel for bette

Re: woody kernel question

2002-02-12 Thread Scott Henson
On Mon, 2002-02-11 at 23:34, Paul E Condon wrote: > I have just done dist-upgrade from Potato to Woody. I have been using/learning > Debian for a few months. This was the first serious change from my initial > installation. The upgrade went smoothly, but took a while at 56k. I found many > nice imp

Re: woody kernel question

2002-02-12 Thread Jordan Evatt
- Jordan - Original Message - From: "Paul E Condon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:18 PM Subject: Re: woody kernel question > On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 08:56:29PM -0800, Geoff Ludwiczak wrote: > > I have been using kernel 2.4.18-pre9 for the past

Re: woody kernel question

2002-02-11 Thread Geoff Ludwiczak
Go to http://www.kernel.org and you should see the 2.4.18-pre9 patch. On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 09:18:55PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 08:56:29PM -0800, Geoff Ludwiczak wrote: > > I have been using kernel 2.4.18-pre9 for the past couple days and see no > > problems with it

Re: woody kernel question

2002-02-11 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 08:56:29PM -0800, Geoff Ludwiczak wrote: > I have been using kernel 2.4.18-pre9 for the past couple days and see no > problems with it so far. I was using 2.4.17 before, and had no troubles with > it either. Try 2.4.17, but if you're going to use 2.2, then just use 2.2.20.

Re: woody kernel question

2002-02-11 Thread Thomas Cook
I have used 2.4.17 without problems. If 2.2.18 is what comes with woody now, then I guess it looks like favourite for the woody release. Tom Geoff Ludwiczak wrote: > > I have been using kernel 2.4.18-pre9 for the past couple days and see no > problems with it so far. I was using 2.4.17 before,

Re: woody kernel question

2002-02-11 Thread Geoff Ludwiczak
I have been using kernel 2.4.18-pre9 for the past couple days and see no problems with it so far. I was using 2.4.17 before, and had no troubles with it either. Try 2.4.17, but if you're going to use 2.2, then just use 2.2.20. On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 08:34:00PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: > I ha

woody kernel question

2002-02-11 Thread Paul E Condon
I have just done dist-upgrade from Potato to Woody. I have been using/learning Debian for a few months. This was the first serious change from my initial installation. The upgrade went smoothly, but took a while at 56k. I found many nice improvements, but saw that the kernel had not been upgraded.

Re: simple kernel question

2002-01-29 Thread csj
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 16:40:56 -0500 dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 08:23:06AM +0800, csj wrote: > | On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:28:28 -0500 > | "Eric C. Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > | > On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 03:07:18AM +0800, csj wrote: > | > > In what file is t

Re: simple kernel question

2002-01-27 Thread dman
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 08:23:06AM +0800, csj wrote: | On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:28:28 -0500 | "Eric C. Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | > On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 03:07:18AM +0800, csj wrote: | > > In what file is the definitive documentation for ALL possible kernel | > > boot parameters locate

Re: simple kernel question

2002-01-27 Thread csj
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:28:28 -0500 "Eric C. Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 03:07:18AM +0800, csj wrote: > > In what file is the definitive documentation for ALL possible kernel > > boot parameters located? Things like "hdc=ide-scsi" or "apm=on" which > > you stick in

Re: simple kernel question

2002-01-26 Thread Eric C. Cooper
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 03:07:18AM +0800, csj wrote: > In what file is the definitive documentation for ALL possible kernel > boot parameters located? Things like "hdc=ide-scsi" or "apm=on" which > you stick in your favorite bootloader. If you have a kernel source tree in /usr/src/linux, it's in /

simple kernel question

2002-01-26 Thread csj
In what file is the definitive documentation for ALL possible kernel boot parameters located? Things like "hdc=ide-scsi" or "apm=on" which you stick in your favorite bootloader. -- Humanity's future is in the stars: support a manned mission to Mars! http://www.thinkmars.net/petition/addpetition.h

Re: kernel question

2001-03-27 Thread Albrecht Frank
"JACKSON, DEAN" wrote: > > Help my hard drive has sustained very large physical damage. it boots sort > of. as I use a multi processor system I would like to keep my kernel (it was > a pain to configure) > what is the best way of backing up my kernel? and restoring it! > > Dean Jackson > TeleWare

RE: kernel question

2001-03-27 Thread Joris Lambrecht
ssage- From: JACKSON, DEAN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: dinsdag 27 maart 2001 16:33 To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' Subject: kernel question Help my hard drive has sustained very large physical damage. it boots sort of. as I use a multi processor system I would like to keep my ke

kernel question

2001-03-27 Thread JACKSON, DEAN
Help my hard drive has sustained very large physical damage. it boots sort of. as I use a multi processor system I would like to keep my kernel (it was a pain to configure) what is the best way of backing up my kernel? and restoring it! Dean Jackson TeleWare email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone 019

Re: general kernel question

2001-02-17 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 04:02:45PM +0100, c-3 wrote: > > And is there a way to compile a non compressed kernel image? whenever you build a kernel (using any target zImage bzImage or vmlinux) you will always have a uncompressed ELF kernel in the top level kernel source directory at the end of the

Re: general kernel question

2001-02-17 Thread Sebastiaan
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, c-3 wrote: > Date sent:Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:57:59 -0500 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Erik van Roode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: general kernel question > Forwarded by

Re: general kernel question

2001-02-17 Thread c-3
Date sent: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:57:59 -0500 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org From: Erik van Roode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:Re: general kernel question Forwarded by: debian-user@lists.debian.org > At 10:32 P

Re: general kernel question

2001-02-16 Thread Erik van Roode
At 10:32 PM 2/16/01 +0100, c-3 wrote: I just wondered why the kernel is always compressed. Couldn't you save boot time, if it's not??? Depends on the speed of the medium from which you read the kernel, and the speed of the processor. If the processor can decompress faster than the medium ca

general kernel question

2001-02-16 Thread c-3
Hi! I just wondered why the kernel is always compressed. Couldn't you save boot time, if it's not??? Christian

Re: wacky kernel question

2001-01-10 Thread Peter Hugosson-Miller
Carel Fellinger wrote: > On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 03:07:14PM +, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > I am glad to see I am not the only oldie on the list :) > > Bring back paper tape and drum storage I say... > > You had paper tape? You lucky bastard, we had to toggle switches:) This is turning into a M

Re: wacky kernel question

2001-01-10 Thread Cliff Sarginson
Decwriters (hard copy terminal behaviour) Jeez you must be bored. Cliff On Tuesday 09 January 2001 22:31, Joey Hess wrote: > I've been using linux for years and years, but I have never figured > this odd little corner out. Perhaps someone here will know. > > If you type when the kernel is bootin

Re: wacky kernel question

2001-01-10 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 03:07:14PM +, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > I am glad to see I am not the only oldie on the list :) > Bring back paper tape and drum storage I say... You had paper tape? You lucky bastard, we had to toggle switches:) -- groetjes, carel

RE: wacky kernel question

2001-01-10 Thread Lewis, James M.
> On Wed 10 Jan 01, 3:07 PM, Cliff Sarginson said... > > I am glad to see I am not the only oldie on the list :) > > Bring back paper tape and drum storage I say... > > in which case you should join the united states air force. computer > operators are still being trained on papertape / card d

Re: wacky kernel question

2001-01-10 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Wed 10 Jan 01, 3:07 PM, Cliff Sarginson said... > I am glad to see I am not the only oldie on the list :) > Bring back paper tape and drum storage I say... in which case you should join the united states air force. computer operators are still being trained on papertape / card drives and dru

Re: wacky kernel question

2001-01-10 Thread Cliff Sarginson
I am glad to see I am not the only oldie on the list :) Bring back paper tape and drum storage I say... Cliff > Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Carel Fellinger wrote: > > > it's because on a teletype you couldn't erase, so backspacing wouldn't > > > help in keeping things readea

Re: wacky kernel question

2001-01-10 Thread Bob Hilliard
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Carel Fellinger wrote: > > it's because on a teletype you couldn't erase, so backspacing wouldn't > > help in keeping things readeable:) > > Hm, ok, that makes sense. I was thinking in the context of dumb > terminals; teletypes were slightly before my ti

Re: wacky kernel question

2001-01-09 Thread Joey Hess
Carel Fellinger wrote: > it's because on a teletype you couldn't erase, so backspacing wouldn't > help in keeping things readeable:) Hm, ok, that makes sense. I was thinking in the context of dumb terminals; teletypes were slightly before my time. -- see shy jo

Re: wacky kernel question

2001-01-09 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 01:31:04PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > I've been using linux for years and years, but I have never figured this > odd little corner out. Perhaps someone here will know. > > If you type when the kernel is booting up, it echos to the screen. > That's normal for linux of course.

Re: wacky kernel question

2001-01-09 Thread Nate Amsden
Joey Hess wrote: It doesn't often matter, since there is > little point to type at the kernel while it's booting, unless you are > extremely bored during a long fsck. :-) i think there is a fsck patch to play tetris or something while the system fscks ... http://www.movement.uklinux.net/fscktris

wacky kernel question

2001-01-09 Thread Joey Hess
I've been using linux for years and years, but I have never figured this odd little corner out. Perhaps someone here will know. If you type when the kernel is booting up, it echos to the screen. That's normal for linux of course. The interesting behavior that puzzles me is that if you hit the back

RE: Basic Kernel Question

2000-10-27 Thread CHEONG, Shu Yang \[Patrick\]
1:08 AM > To: Jay Kelly > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: Basic Kernel Question > > > However for that to work you need to either a) compile support for the > common > file systems into the kernel or b) auto load all of those modules at boot. > [

Re: Basic Kernel Question

2000-10-25 Thread hogan
> you should do mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /floppy. Replace vfat with whatever > format your floppy is in -- minix, ext2, msdos, etc. > > There is a auto option you can place in /etc/fstab for the floppy device. > However for that to work you need to either a) compile support for the common > file sys

RE: Basic Kernel Question

2000-10-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 25-Oct-2000 Jay Kelly wrote: > Hello All, > I keep running into a problem everytime I upgrade my kernel. Before I > upgrade I can place a floppy into the drive and type mount /dev/fd0 /floppy > with no errors. After the upgrade I do the same command I get an error about > needing to specifiy th

Basic Kernel Question

2000-10-25 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello All, I keep running into a problem everytime I upgrade my kernel. Before I upgrade I can place a floppy into the drive and type mount /dev/fd0 /floppy with no errors. After the upgrade I do the same command I get an error about needing to specifiy the file format. What am I missing when I upg

Re: Quickie Kernel question

2000-08-15 Thread Thomas J. Hamman
On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 02:30:15PM -0400, Tim Jump wrote: > My apologies if this is an rtfm situation, but I haven't been able to > find the answer in my all-too-brief search. > > Do I need to download the kernel-headers package to compile a > new version of the kernel? What the heck is that fo

Re: Quickie Kernel question

2000-08-15 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Tim Jump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My apologies if this is an rtfm situation, but I haven't been able to > find the answer in my all-too-brief search. > > Do I need to download the kernel-headers package to compile a > new version of the kernel? No, just download the debianized kernel-s

Re: Quickie Kernel question

2000-08-15 Thread John Reinke
Nope. You can do this: apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.17 That will install a bzipped file in /usr/src which you can unzip with tar Ixvf Believe me - been there, done that, SEVERAL times in the last week. john On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Tim Jump wrote: > My apologies if this is an rtfm situatio

Quickie Kernel question

2000-08-15 Thread Tim Jump
My apologies if this is an rtfm situation, but I haven't been able to find the answer in my all-too-brief search. Do I need to download the kernel-headers package to compile a new version of the kernel? What the heck is that for, anyway? Thanks in advance... [EMAIL PROTECTED] [] Bababooey D

Re: Kernel question

2000-07-06 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
:: On Thu, 06 Jul 2000 21:22:06 +0300, Heikki Vatiainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > In my experience, it is. The laptop I'm using has a 2.4.0-test3 > kernel and the machine at home, Where did you get a "2.4.0-test3" kernel? The last one I saw was test2.. There was also a "test2-ac22", in Alan's

Re: Kernel question

2000-07-06 Thread James Green
Walter Williams wrote: > > Greetings > > I have subscribed to this list server to find > out more about non-Red Hat derivatives. > Is the Debian distribution of the type that I > can, when I want to update the kernel, > download a complete kernel tar ball or a patch > file from what ever web sit

Re: Kernel question

2000-07-06 Thread Mike Werner
Walter Williams wrote: > Greetings > > I have subscribed to this list server to find > out more about non-Red Hat derivatives. > Is the Debian distribution of the type that I > can, when I want to update the kernel, > download a complete kernel tar ball or a patch > file from what ever web site

Re: Kernel question

2000-07-06 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
Walter Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have subscribed to this list server to find > out more about non-Red Hat derivatives. > Is the Debian distribution of the type that I > can, when I want to update the kernel, > download a complete kernel tar ball or a patch > file from what ever we

Re: Kernel question

2000-07-06 Thread brian moore
On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 12:14:13PM -0600, Walter Williams wrote: > Greetings > > I have subscribed to this list server to find > out more about non-Red Hat derivatives. > Is the Debian distribution of the type that I > can, when I want to update the kernel, > download a complete kernel tar ball

Kernel question

2000-07-06 Thread Walter Williams
Greetings I have subscribed to this list server to find out more about non-Red Hat derivatives. Is the Debian distribution of the type that I can, when I want to update the kernel, download a complete kernel tar ball or a patch file from what ever web site I choose, install it, and have things

Re: apt-get & kernel question

2000-06-29 Thread Ian Stuart
Dean wrote: > > Hi Eric: > Thanks for the reply. I checked and there is no ppp.o > in /lib/modules/2.2.15/net, but there is in my old > kernel at /lib/modules/2.0.36/net. Can I just > copy that to my 2.2.15 file? Or do I need to > make up a module? Dean You need to make a module (and tell th

Re: apt-get & kernel question

2000-06-20 Thread Dean
Hi Eric: Thanks for the reply. I checked and there is no ppp.o in /lib/modules/2.2.15/net, but there is in my old kernel at /lib/modules/2.0.36/net. Can I just copy that to my 2.2.15 file? Or do I need to make up a module? Dean "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 09:08:29AM -

Re: apt-get & kernel question

2000-06-19 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 09:08:29AM -0500, Dean wrote: > Hi: >I recently upgraded to potato and decided to upgrade kernel to 2.2.15 > > same time. Everything went smoothly except I no longer have ppp > in the kernel. I still have the old kernel to boot to which has ppp. You sure it's not a

Re: apt-get & kernel question

2000-06-19 Thread Dean
Thanks Ron Dean >

Re: apt-get & kernel question

2000-06-19 Thread Ron Rademaker
The kernel doesn't matter AT ALL where the packages install, this is specified in the debian package. Ron Rademaker On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Dean wrote: > Hi: >I recently upgraded to potato and decided to upgrade kernel to 2.2.15 > > same time. Everything went smoothly except I no longer have p

apt-get & kernel question

2000-06-19 Thread Dean
Hi: I recently upgraded to potato and decided to upgrade kernel to 2.2.15 same time. Everything went smoothly except I no longer have ppp in the kernel. I still have the old kernel to boot to which has ppp. My question is if I use the old kernel to apt-get something, will this put whatever I in

Re: SOLVED: Re: Unstable kernel question

2000-02-09 Thread aphro
On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Rick Macdonald wrote: rickma >So I went back into the xconfig and found that I had somehow turned off rickma >the virtual and vga consoles. It wasn't hanging at all, the messages just rickma >had nowhere to go. rickma > rickma >I've built and installed 2.2.14 with gcc 2.95 and

SOLVED: Re: Unstable kernel question

2000-02-09 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Rick Macdonald wrote: > > > However, I just recompiled the 2.2.14 kernel (had to change gcc to gcc272 > > > in 3 places in the Makefile), but it still hangs when I boot it. > > > > > > It hangs after: > > > "Decompressing Linux. OK, now boot the kernel". > > > Your compiler h

Re: Unstable kernel question

2000-02-09 Thread Dan Melomedman
On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 04:52:24PM -0700, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Yes, that's pretty well my next step. > > Only one other thought that I have first. > > My root partition is 1023 cylinders for the well-known lilo/int13 issue. > However, this cylinder numbering is the translated LBA stuff. Those

Re: Unstable kernel question

2000-02-09 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > However, I just recompiled the 2.2.14 kernel (had to change gcc to gcc272 > > in 3 places in the Makefile), but it still hangs when I boot it. > > > > It hangs after: > > "Decompressing Linux. OK, now boot the kernel". > Your compiler has nothing t

Re: Unstable kernel question

2000-02-09 Thread dan
Also unfortunately many people either have no idea about CMOS setup, or never fiddle with it. It should be a must to play with CMOS settings whenever you have a hardware problem or for performance/setup reasons. Check your devices i.e IDE slave/master, cabling e.t.c.

Re: Unstable kernel question

2000-02-08 Thread dan
> timshel:~$ gcc272 -v > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.7.2.3/specs > gcc version 2.7.2.3 > timshel:~$ gcc -v > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.2/specs > gcc version 2.95.2 2116 (Debian GNU/Linux) > > However, I just recompiled the 2.2.14 kernel (had to ch

Re: Unstable kernel question

2000-02-08 Thread markm
Hi, 1. The processor type option is to allow for a) some optimizations and b) using extensions to the cpu's instruction set that comes with the processor eg. amd k6 stuff or pentium stuff. The practical upshot of all this is that you can compile for a 486 and it should work on an amd k6 or an a

Re: Unstable kernel question

2000-02-08 Thread José Luis Gómez Dans
> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 08:51:17 -0800 (PST) > From: aphro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Unstable kernel question > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; c

Re: Unstable kernel question

2000-02-08 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, aphro wrote: > On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Rick Macdonald wrote: > > rickma >I wonder if this is my problem? I just built 2.2.14 on potato, but it > rickma >fails to boot. It just hangs after saying "OK, boot kernel now". I > built > rickma >it with 2.95. Maybe I'll see if the gcc272

Re: Unstable kernel question

2000-02-08 Thread José Luis Gómez Dans
On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 07:20:44AM -0800, aphro wrote: > 2.2.14 should work with the athlon, what cpu arch are you telling the > config program you have? you probably need to tell it Pentium (unless > there is an athlon option). from what i saw 2.3.x didn't have all the > athlon patches from 2.2 y

Re: Unstable kernel question

2000-02-08 Thread aphro
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Rick Macdonald wrote: rickma >I wonder if this is my problem? I just built 2.2.14 on potato, but it rickma >fails to boot. It just hangs after saying "OK, boot kernel now". I built rickma >it with 2.95. Maybe I'll see if the gcc272 package can co-exist with the rickma >gcc (2.9

Re: Unstable kernel question

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Biciunas
> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 08:43:23 -0700 (MST) > From: Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: aphro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Unstable kernel question > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; c

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