Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 12:43:08PM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: I've wanted to have the automated tools to work for me, so I backed up /boot/grub/menu.lst, then read the manual page for update-grub before running it, observing the differences between the backed-up copy and the automatically

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-12 Thread Jon Dowland
At 1155222171 past the epoch, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: I'm a little confused why, when I enter: Hammertime:/home/chuckk/Desktop/kernel/new/linux-2.6.17-mm6# patch --verbose -p1 ../2.6.17-mm6 the terminal sits idle, apparently indefinitely. As other(s) have mentioned, you need to add -i or

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-12 Thread Matej Cepl
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: I use the symlinks /boot/vmlinuz, /boot/initrd.img, /boot/vmlinuz.old and /boot/initrd.img.old to point to my current and previous kernels. These are listed in my menu.lst. Whenever I update the kernel, if /sbin/update-grub is run, it helpfully replaces those with

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 08:44:29PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote: Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: I use the symlinks /boot/vmlinuz, /boot/initrd.img, /boot/vmlinuz.old and /boot/initrd.img.old to point to my current and previous kernels. These are listed in my menu.lst. Whenever I update the kernel,

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-11 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 01:18:30PM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: The memtest86+ package installs as a grub option, so one doesn't need a separate boot image on CD to run it. True, but from a user-friendliness stand point, it is much simpler. I know that grub always destroys my menu.lst

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-11 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
On 8/10/06, Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 10:26:40PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: Unfortunately, Linux has completely frozen up on me four times in a row while running #make-kpkg. Different patches each time, and different spots each time. I'll have to

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-11 Thread Arthur Marsh
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 01:18:30PM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: The memtest86+ package installs as a grub option, so one doesn't need a separate boot image on CD to run it. True, but from a user-friendliness stand point, it is much simpler. I know that grub always

Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-10 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
I have linux-2.6.17, trying to patch it with 2.6.17-mm6, patch-2.6.17-rt8 from Molnar, and bootsplash-3.1.6-2.6.15.diff. I'm a little confused why, when I enter: Hammertime:/home/chuckk/Desktop/kernel/new/linux-2.6.17-mm6# patch --verbose -p1 ../2.6.17-mm6 the terminal sits idle, apparently

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-10 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
P.S.- #ps -aux in another terminal shows 0.0 for CPU and memory of the patch operation, if that matters. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-10 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 03:02:51PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: I have linux-2.6.17, trying to patch it with 2.6.17-mm6, patch-2.6.17-rt8 from Molnar, and bootsplash-3.1.6-2.6.15.diff. I'm a little confused why, when I enter: Hammertime:/home/chuckk/Desktop/kernel/new/linux-2.6.17-mm6# patch

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-10 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
On 8/10/06, Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 03:02:51PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: I have linux-2.6.17, trying to patch it with 2.6.17-mm6, patch-2.6.17-rt8 from Molnar, and bootsplash-3.1.6-2.6.15.diff. I'm a little confused why, when I enter:

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-10 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 03:47:42PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: Cool, thank you. BTW, I know it must seem like the most obvious thing in the world, but the more I google and search Debian help, the less answers I find... what do you do when applying two patches tells you: Reversed (or

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-10 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
On 8/10/06, Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 03:47:42PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: Cool, thank you. BTW, I know it must seem like the most obvious thing in the world, but the more I google and search Debian help, the less answers I find... what do you do

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-10 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
Unfortunately, Linux has completely frozen up on me four times in a row while running #make-kpkg. Different patches each time, and different spots each time. I'll have to figure this out when I don't have deadlines. Sadly, I think it's WinXP for now. Thanks for your help. -Chuckk On 8/10/06,

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-10 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 10:26:40PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: Unfortunately, Linux has completely frozen up on me four times in a row while running #make-kpkg. Different patches each time, and different spots each time. I'll have to figure this out when I don't have deadlines. Sadly, I

Re: Patching a kernel source --verbose

2006-08-10 Thread Arthur Marsh
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 10:26:40PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: Unfortunately, Linux has completely frozen up on me four times in a row while running #make-kpkg. Different patches each time, and different spots each time. I'll have to figure this out when I don't