Re: Problem using joystick after upgrading to kernel 2.4

2002-10-07 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hi, Joe Nahmias wrote: > I am running testing, and I just upgraded to kernel version > 2.4.19 from 2.2.21. I have managed to get all my devices working except > for my analog joystick (MadCatz, 2-axis, 4-button) which hooks up to the > game port on my SoundBlaster PCI 128 (es1371). The j

Problem using joystick after upgrading to kernel 2.4

2002-10-07 Thread Joe Nahmias
msg05847/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP message # # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # CONFIG_X86=y CONFIG_ISA=y # CONFIG_SBUS is not set CONFIG_UID16=y # # Code maturity level options # # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODVER

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-14 Thread Daniel Toffetti
> > Please note you'll have to upgrade many packages in order to keep > > using them with a 2.4 kernel, I recall now of pppd but there are > > others. Check the docs in the kernel tarball. > > No, he's already running woody, which supports kernel 2.4 natively. > Only when running potato are package

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-13 Thread dman
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 09:19:47AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: | * Paul 'Baloo' Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020412 22:57]: | > > This is probably the biggest issue; I've gotten several conflicting | > > recommendations about devfs/devfsd. What are the advantages of going | > > to the new devfs/de

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-13 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Paul 'Baloo' Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020412 22:57]: > > This is probably the biggest issue; I've gotten several conflicting > > recommendations about devfs/devfsd. What are the advantages of going > > to the new devfs/devfsd? > > You get to delete /dev/* and reclaim disk space and inodes, an

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-12 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Richard Cobbe wrote: > When you say SMP support is better: are you referring to the fact that > 2.4 scales to a higher number of processors, or will I actually > experience a performance boost on my dual Athlon? Both. > Does APM work for SMP systems on 2.4? You can enable i

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-12 Thread Richard Cobbe
Wow! Lots of responses. Thanks to all for your comments. Rather than write about 15 separate replys, I'm going to address most of the points in this one mail. Greg Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Two programs that from a user perspective cause workarounds are > xcdroast/cdrecord/mkisofs &

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Paul 'Baloo' Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020412 02:33]: > On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > -- When you do your 'make config', be sure to enable ext2 support, > > assuming this is what you use. It's *not* enabled or turned on by > > default anymore. Also, the default processor ty

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-12 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 04:10:33PM -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote: > > Please note you'll have to upgrade many packages in order to keep using > them with a 2.4 kernel, I recall now of pppd but there are others. > Check the docs in the kernel tarball. No, he's already running woody, which support

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-12 Thread Daniel Toffetti
> Any and all comments welcome, > Richard Please note you'll have to upgrade many packages in order to keep using them with a 2.4 kernel, I recall now of pppd but there are others. Check the docs in the kernel tarball. -- Daniel Toffetti --- 'There is no spoon...' - The Matrix Running

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-12 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 18:18, Richard Cobbe wrote: > Greetings, all. > > I'm happily running woody with kernel 2.2.20, and I'm thinking of > upgrading to kernel 2.4.18. Before I do this, though, I'd like to know > more about this process -- it's been a long time since I upgraded across > minor ver

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-12 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Hall Stevenson wrote: > -- When you do your 'make config', be sure to enable ext2 support, > assuming this is what you use. It's *not* enabled or turned on by > default anymore. Also, the default processor type is now a Pentium I would highly recommend ext3 at this point, jus

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-12 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Richard Cobbe wrote: > First question: what are the major differences between 2.2 and 2.4 from > a *user's* perspective? I know about the improved scheduler and > wake-one and USB support and things like that, but that's not what I'm > asking. For now, I'm interested primari

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-11 Thread jeff
ugrading to 2.4.18 (IMHO) gives a pretty good performance increase... of course, i don't have any 'real' stats to prove...it just 'feels' like it ;) good luck and happy compiling! -jeff p.s. the make-kpkg is so slick...why not try it...just to see how it works...very cool indeed... -- To UN

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-11 Thread Jeffrey W. Baker
On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 20:16, dman wrote: > On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 09:18:33PM -0500, Richard Cobbe wrote: > | It's a little unclear, but I get the impression that the /dev > | hierarchy, in particular, is very different between the two, which > | suggests that switching back and forth is not very e

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-11 Thread dman
On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 09:18:33PM -0500, Richard Cobbe wrote: | Greetings, all. | | I'm happily running woody with kernel 2.2.20, and I'm thinking of | upgrading to kernel 2.4.18. Before I do this, though, I'd like to know | more about this process -- it's been a long time since I upgraded acros

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-11 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Richard Cobbe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020411 22:21]: > > Second question: is it possible to have a 2.2 kernel and a 2.4 kernel > installed on the same system and switch between the two by means of > LILO? It's a little unclear, but I get the impression that the /dev > hierarchy, in particular, is v

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-11 Thread Paul Smith
%% Richard Cobbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: rc> First question: what are the major differences between 2.2 and 2.4 rc> from a *user's* perspective? You won't notice any difference, except possibly a difference in performance. And, of course, in addition to the other enhancements you mention

User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-11 Thread Richard Cobbe
Greetings, all. I'm happily running woody with kernel 2.2.20, and I'm thinking of upgrading to kernel 2.4.18. Before I do this, though, I'd like to know more about this process -- it's been a long time since I upgraded across minor version numbers. First question: what are the major differences

Re: Upgrading to kernel 2.4

2001-02-06 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, for compiling the kernel (Debian way) you need the following packages: kernel-package libc6-dev bin86 libncurses5-dev gcc fakeroot dpkg-dev bzip2 tk8.2-dev (for make xconfig) You can get them with 'apt-get install'. Hope that also solves your cpp problem. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Tue, 6 Feb 2

Re: Upgrading to kernel 2.4

2001-02-06 Thread Mike Dresser
try finding the ncurses-dev. I've ran into that problem on the make menuconfig, and putting ncurses-dev in, fixes it also, install cpp apt-get install libncurses5-dev apt-get install cpp Henry Gomersall wrote: > I need to upgrade my base system to kernel 2.4 because the drivers for > my etherne

Upgrading to kernel 2.4

2001-02-06 Thread Henry Gomersall
I need to upgrade my base system to kernel 2.4 because the drivers for my ethernet card are simply not in kernel 2.2 (and they are in 2.4). I have downloaded gcc and make and installed them (I think). When i run 'make dep' after 'make config', I get the following error: >gcc: installation pro