Re: kernel versions in releases.

2007-01-20 Thread jdaues
what's the bug? The gdb (gnome debugger) does not work correctly. Describe here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/74691 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=513751 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: kernel versions in releases.

2007-01-20 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
jdaues wrote: Currently, I am using Debian Etch with kernel version 2.6.18-3-686. This kernel has a bug that affects me in a rather annoying manner. This bug is fixed in 2.6.20. Since etch is frozen, I am assuming that 2.6.20 will not be in the final release of etch, correct? Can one estimate

Re: kernel versions in releases.

2007-01-19 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 07:39:51PM -0500, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > Don't new kernel versions come out after release, with the updates? > Also, once Etch is stable, before Lenny is stable, won't a 2.6.20 end up > in testing at some point? > Yes. But the original question was a request fo

RE: kernel versions in releases.

2007-01-19 Thread Kevin Ross
> -Original Message- > From: Douglas Allan Tutty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 4:40 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: kernel versions in releases. > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 02:36:46PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrot

Re: kernel versions in releases.

2007-01-19 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 02:36:46PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:53:08AM -0700, jdaues wrote: > > Currently, I am using Debian Etch with kernel version 2.6.18-3-686. This > > kernel has a bug that affects me in a rather annoying manner. This bug > > is fixed in 2.6

Re: kernel versions in releases.

2007-01-19 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:53:08AM -0700, jdaues wrote: > Currently, I am using Debian Etch with kernel version 2.6.18-3-686. This > kernel has a bug that affects me in a rather annoying manner. This bug > is fixed in 2.6.20. Since etch is frozen, I am assuming that 2.6.20 will > not be in the f

Re: kernel versions

2001-08-10 Thread Paul Scott
Craig Dickson wrote: > Paul Scott wrote: > >> What does pre17 mean as in 2.2.19pre17 ? >> > It means "preview 17" -- the 17th pre-release of 2.2.19. The real 2.2.19 > would be just 2.2.19. > > You will also see things like "2.4.7-ac3", which refers to a version > of 2.4.7 modified by Alan Cox (a

Re: kernel versions

2001-08-10 Thread Paul Scott
dman wrote: On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 02:54:17PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: (snip) | What does pre17 mean as in 2.2.19pre17 ? It means that is is release #17 of the pre-2.2.19 releases. It is like a beta/test release of the 2.2.19 kernel. Kernel 2.2.19 is newer (better) than 2.2.19pre17, howe

Re: kernel versions

2001-08-10 Thread Craig Dickson
Paul Scott wrote: > What does pre17 mean as in 2.2.19pre17 ? It means "preview 17" -- the 17th pre-release of 2.2.19. The real 2.2.19 would be just 2.2.19. You will also see things like "2.4.7-ac3", which refers to a version of 2.4.7 modified by Alan Cox (ac). Alan is one of the core kernel deve

Re: kernel versions

2001-08-10 Thread dman
On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 02:54:17PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: | Some basic questions - either direct answers or what fine manual to read | would be appreciated. I want to learn as much as I can about Linux but | I also want to get this blasted LT WinModem installed so I can do my | learning from

Re: Kernel Versions

1996-12-22 Thread Brian S. Julin
Not too much breaks from 2.0.0 to 2.0.27. If you do so and then you later experience difficulties with the /proc filesystem or any of the process utilities like top or ps, that would be the most likely cause. Note the Debian kernel packaging system is much different, though -- if you want to a