Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-29 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Wednesday 28 Jan 2004 05:10, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 02:41:10 + Peter Ruskin > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | Despite what Ciaran said, if you try to emerge sparc-dev-sources on > | an x86 arch you'll come up against a nasty block. > > Only if you have the version of p

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-28 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:38:42 -0700 Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | If it's such a good idea, why is it marked ~x86? Because it's not been heavily tested for at least 30 days yet. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail:ciaranm at gentoo.org Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm pgp0.pgp

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 05:10:21 + Ciaran McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 02:41:10 + Peter Ruskin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | Despite what Ciaran said, if you try to emerge sparc-dev-sources on an > | x86 arch you'll come up against a nasty block. > > Only if yo

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:39:22 -0800 Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, >The instructions below give no specific info on whether to to create > the linux link in /usr/src. Is this still required for 2.6 kernels? I > assume so since some folks will likely use genkernel? > >If so, d

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 02:41:10 + Peter Ruskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Despite what Ciaran said, if you try to emerge sparc-dev-sources on an | x86 arch you'll come up against a nasty block. Only if you have the version of pciutils that doesn't work properly with 2.6.x kernels :) Chances are

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Wednesday 28 Jan 2004 02:12, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 15:29, Collins Richey wrote: > > > > Note that Ciaran has recommended using sparc-dev-sources-2.6.2_rc2. > > In spite of the title, aparently it will work for x86 as well, and > > apparently it has some additional patches t

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, The instructions below give no specific info on whether to to create the linux link in /usr/src. Is this still required for 2.6 kernels? I assume so since some folks will likely use genkernel? If so, does the link need a specific name? Again, thanks in advance. Cheers, Mark On Tue,

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 15:29, Collins Richey wrote: > Note that Ciaran has recommended using sparc-dev-sources-2.6.2_rc2. > In spite of the title, aparently it will work for x86 as well, and > apparently it has some additional patches that are not in > development-sources-2.6.2_rc2. > Thanks

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 22:29:02 + david stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 27 January 2004 8:31 pm, James Lee wrote: > > Portage pretty much takes care of everything you need when installing > > 2.6. You won't need the alsa-driver package anymore. Everything is > > still configur

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:27:42 -0800 "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Also, does the Alsa emerge work correctly for 2.6 kernels? I know > > > that Alsa is now built into the kernel, so I assume that configuration > > > is going to be slightly different, but I'm hoping that the emerg

RE: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Mark Knecht
> >Also, does the Alsa emerge work correctly for 2.6 kernels? I know > > that Alsa is now built into the kernel, so I assume that configuration > > is going to be slightly different, but I'm hoping that the emerge of > > Alsa puts everything in the right place. > > > > The 2.6 contains the equi

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread david stevenson
On Tuesday 27 January 2004 8:31 pm, James Lee wrote: > Portage pretty much takes care of everything you need when installing > 2.6. You won't need the alsa-driver package anymore. Everything is > still configured the same way (modify /etc/modules.d/alsa, modules- > update, rc-update add alsasound

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:06:40 -0700 Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Apparently, if you require a non-english keyboard, you're SOL, but | otherwise 2.6 works great. Naah, just use sys-kernel/sparc-dev-sources-2.6.2_rc2 (yes, it should work fine on x86 too). Should be fixed in there... -

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:22:23 -0800 Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, >Can someone suggest what is likely to be the best option for a user > who would like to try a 2.6 kernel and needs to be able to use the > newest versions of Alsa? Apparently, if you require a non-english keyboar

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 12:31, James Lee wrote: > Portage pretty much takes care of everything you need when installing > 2.6. You won't need the alsa-driver package anymore. Everything is > still configured the same way (modify /etc/modules.d/alsa, modules- > update, rc-update add alsasound boot).

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Yogesh Sharma
Does genkernel works with 2.6 kernel or not ? James Lee wrote: Portage pretty much takes care of everything you need when installing 2.6. You won't need the alsa-driver package anymore. Everything is still configured the same way (modify /etc/modules.d/alsa, modules- update, rc-update add alsas

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread James Lee
Portage pretty much takes care of everything you need when installing 2.6. You won't need the alsa-driver package anymore. Everything is still configured the same way (modify /etc/modules.d/alsa, modules- update, rc-update add alsasound boot). One thing to remember is that your modules names sho

[gentoo-user] recommended 2.6 emerge for first time user

2004-01-27 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, Can someone suggest what is likely to be the best option for a user who would like to try a 2.6 kernel and needs to be able to use the newest versions of Alsa? Specifically, please provide whatever emerge instructions you can lend as well as any specific make.conf options (or other thing