Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-24 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 07:48:35PM -0800 or thereabouts, Craig Dickson wrote: > James D Strandboge wrote: > > > There is a fix in 2.4.17 which allows it to be compiled with sid's new > > binutils. If you try to compile kernel 2.4.16 or lower on an updated > > sid (and possibly woody now), then th

Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-23 Thread Craig Dickson
James D Strandboge wrote: > There is a fix in 2.4.17 which allows it to be compiled with sid's new > binutils. If you try to compile kernel 2.4.16 or lower on an updated > sid (and possibly woody now), then the compile will probably fail. The original point of this discussion was that some of us

Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-23 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sun, 2001-12-23 at 12:38, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 22 Dec 2001, Craig Dickson wrote: > > Peter Good wrote: > > > > > Binutils on Sid compiled 2.4.17 fine, might be different for Woody. > > > > Binutils is identical in Sid and Woody at the moment. > > > > According to the bug reports, the

Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-23 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 22 Dec 2001, Craig Dickson wrote: > Peter Good wrote: > > > Binutils on Sid compiled 2.4.17 fine, might be different for Woody. > > Binutils is identical in Sid and Woody at the moment. > > According to the bug reports, the problem may or may not occur depending > on how the kernel is configu

Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-22 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 08:37:47AM +1000, Peter Good wrote: > Binutils on Sid compiled 2.4.17 fine, might be different for Woody. > Tracking woody daily. Yesterday downloaded and compiled 2.4.17 and running the same without any problems. Maybe there are some options that causes binutils to

Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-22 Thread Craig Dickson
Peter Good wrote: > Binutils on Sid compiled 2.4.17 fine, might be different for Woody. Binutils is identical in Sid and Woody at the moment. According to the bug reports, the problem may or may not occur depending on how the kernel is configured. You got lucky; I didn't. Craig

Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-22 Thread Peter Good
Binutils on Sid compiled 2.4.17 fine, might be different for Woody. Peter. On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 06:33, Craig Dickson wrote: > Alan Chandler wrote: > > Since 2.4.17 is out now I would use that - IMHO its the most stable > > Of course, it just came out yesterday, so any judgment on its stability >

Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-22 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 December 2001 8:33 pm, Craig Dickson wrote: > Alan Chandler wrote: > > Since 2.4.17 is out now I would use that - IMHO its the most stable > > Of course, it just came out yesterday, so any judgment on its stability > is premature. > > Th

Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-22 Thread Craig Dickson
Alan Chandler wrote: > Since 2.4.17 is out now I would use that - IMHO its the most stable Of course, it just came out yesterday, so any judgment on its stability is premature. That said, I'm running 2.4.17 now and I haven't observed any problems yet. Btw, Debian Woody/Sid users who want to com

Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-22 Thread mikepolniak
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 19:50:45 +0100 Gerald Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello to all! > > Im currentlc tryin to get my XPert 2000 pro card to work on my woody... > In the process I'm at a point, where I suspect, that I got to get the > right Kernel with DRI compiled in ... if there is some

Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-22 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 December 2001 6:50 pm, Gerald Richter wrote: > Hello to all! > > Im currentlc tryin to get my XPert 2000 Pro card to work on my woody... > In the process I'm at a point, where I suspect, that I got to get the > right Kernel with DRI comp

which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-22 Thread Gerald Richter
Hello to all! Im currentlc tryin to get my XPert 2000 Pro card to work on my woody... In the process I'm at a point, where I suspect, that I got to get the right Kernel with DRI compiled in ... if there is something like this option... I'm rather exhausted because of all the many things I've tried