Re: [ml] [newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-05 Thread JR
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:38 am, Cameron MacDonald wrote: Now I feel even sillierI remembered uname but forgot the switch!! For any command you dont know the switches for (but you do know the command), just type 'uname - -help'. Replacing 'uname' with whatever command is torturing you at

Re: [ml] [newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:38 am, Cameron MacDonald wrote: Now I feel even sillierI remembered uname but forgot the switch!! uname -a Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [ml] [newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-05 Thread Cameron MacDonald
JR wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:38 am, Cameron MacDonald wrote: Now I feel even sillierI remembered uname but forgot the switch!! For any command you dont know the switches for (but you do know the command), just type 'uname - -help'. Replacing 'uname' with whatever command is

[newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-04 Thread Cameron MacDonald
Hi I feel really silly for asking this, but what command do I use to find out which kernel I'm using? I know I've done it before, but I've got so many commands rolling around in my head like ball bearings , and I forget to add them to my list of Remember this!. Thanks Cam -- Closing the

Re: [ml] [newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-04 Thread Dave Ashmore
Cameron MacDonald wrote: Hi I feel really silly for asking this, but what command do I use to find out which kernel I'm using? I know I've done it before, but I've got so many commands rolling around in my head like ball bearings , and I forget to add them to my list of Remember this!.

Re: [newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-04 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Monday 04 April 2005 20:05, Cameron MacDonald wrote: Hi I feel really silly for asking this, but what command do I use to find out which kernel I'm using? I know I've done it before, but I've got so many commands rolling around in my head like ball bearings , and I forget to add them to

Re: [newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-04 Thread mike
Cameron MacDonald wrote: Hi I feel really silly for asking this, but what command do I use to find out which kernel I'm using? I know I've done it before, but I've got so many commands rolling around in my head like ball bearings , and I forget to add them to my list of Remember this!.

Re: [ml] [newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-04 Thread Cameron MacDonald
Dave Ashmore wrote: Cameron MacDonald wrote: Hi I feel really silly for asking this, but what command do I use to find out which kernel I'm using? I know I've done it before, but I've got so many commands rolling around in my head like ball bearings , and I forget to add them to my list of

Re: [newbie] Which Kernel For 10.1 ?

2005-03-24 Thread Mr. Geek
Pete Moscatt wrote: Thanks Mr Geek (I like the name...), Pete Nice of you to notice. I got fed up with being called a 'Geek' all the time, so I decided to add the 'Mr' in the hopes it might make people respect me more. Unfortunately, it hasn't helped much, but at least it brings a smile to a

Re: [newbie] Which Kernel For 10.1 ?

2005-03-24 Thread Margot
Mr. Geek wrote: Pete Moscatt wrote: Thanks Mr Geek (I like the name...), Pete Nice of you to notice. I got fed up with being called a 'Geek' all the time, so I decided to add the 'Mr' in the hopes it might make people respect me more. Unfortunately, it hasn't helped much, but at least it

[newbie] Which Kernel For 10.1 ?

2005-03-23 Thread Peter Moscatt
I have recently installed MD 10.1 using the 3 download CDs. I now would like to update the kernel and see in the Updates that there are a number of options I can use. I guess the version I want to update is to 2.6 and see there a couple. Which one do I need to go for ? Pete

Re: Re: [newbie] Which Kernel For 10.1 ?

2005-03-23 Thread Pete Moscatt
G'Day Fajar, When I have a look, I see there are a number of 2.6.8.1-24 available, being ones like ENTERPRISE, SECURE, SMP and there may even me a few more. Now which one of these would I typically go for ? :-) Pete Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 23 March 2005

Re: Re: [newbie] Which Kernel For 10.1 ?

2005-03-23 Thread Pete Moscatt
Thanks Mr Geek (I like the name...), No, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks. I will sort that out tonight. Pete Mr. Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Wednesday 23 March 2005 15:35, Peter Moscatt wrote: I have recently installed MD 10.1 using the 3 download CDs.

Re: [newbie] Which Kernel For 10.1 ?

2005-03-23 Thread Duncan Anderson
Pete Moscatt wrote: When I have a look, I see there are a number of 2.6.8.1-24 available, being ones like ENTERPRISE, SECURE, SMP and there may even me a few more. Now which one of these would I typically go for ? :-) It depends what your requirements are. If you are running Mandrake at home

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-16 Thread Merlin Zener
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 08:31, Charlie M. wrote: [...snip] Lot's of ways Bill. But: 1.) Just Ctrl+Alt+F1 and look at the kernel version there; very funny. I tried it, thinking I'd see some kind of help file or info, but it immediately went to a black screen with just a couple of lines of

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-16 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 16, 2003 01:13 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 08:31, Charlie M. wrote: [...snip] Lot's of ways Bill. But: 1.) Just Ctrl+Alt+F1 and look at the kernel version there; very funny. I tried it, thinking I'd see some

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-16 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 16 September 2003 21:13, Merlin Zener wrote: How was I supposed to get back to where I was? Quit, exit, q, CTRL-C etc, nothing seemed to work. ALT-TAB didn't work, it only put some ] and ^ symbols on the line. And then the CTRL-ALT-DEL [I thought it would bring up a log in screen,

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-16 Thread ed tharp
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 16:42, Charlie M. wrote: careful snipping of all context... By not answering any more questions. Regards; Charlie Does that mean Stephen and I and Joehill will get to answer some Questionsjust kidding in all cereal-ness, don't ever let one persons reply get to

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-16 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 16 September 2003 23:55, ed tharp wrote: I think no real harm done... Huhh, me? I don't know anything(g) Good luck, HarM -- Mandrake HowTo's more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-16 Thread Merlin Zener
On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 04:55, ed tharp wrote: On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 16:42, Charlie M. wrote: careful snipping of all context... By not answering any more questions. oh dear... It was meant to be funny. Sorry: I thought it was obvious, even though I didn't plaster smileys all over

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-16 Thread ed tharp
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 18:19, Merlin Zener wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 04:55, ed tharp wrote: On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 16:42, Charlie M. wrote: careful snipping of all context... By not answering any more questions. oh dear... It was meant to be funny. Sorry: I thought it

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-16 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 16, 2003 03:55 pm, ed tharp wrote: On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 16:42, Charlie M. wrote: careful snipping of all context... By not answering any more questions. Regards; Charlie Does that mean Stephen and I and Joehill will get to

[newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-15 Thread Bill W.
Hi All, How can I find the exact kernel version that I'm running? . I need it for the ltmodem driver. They are very fussy for exact kernel version. On the Mandrake site it says that 9.1 uses 2.4.21 but when I went to the ltmodem site, I found that there are drivers for 2.4.21_0.11 all the way up

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-15 Thread Richard Urwin
On Tuesday 16 Sep 2003 12:07 am, Bill W. wrote: Hi All, How can I find the exact kernel version that I'm running? . I need it for the ltmodem driver. They are very fussy for exact kernel version. On the Mandrake site it says that 9.1 uses 2.4.21 but when I went to the ltmodem site, I found

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-15 Thread ed tharp
On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 19:17, Richard Urwin wrote: On Tuesday 16 Sep 2003 12:07 am, Bill W. wrote: Hi All, How can I find the exact kernel version that I'm running? . I need it for the ltmodem driver. They are very fussy for exact kernel version. On the Mandrake site it says that 9.1 uses

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-15 Thread Dan Gordon
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:07:24 -0700 Bill W. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, How can I find the exact kernel version that I'm running? . I need it for the ltmodem driver. They are very fussy for exact kernel version. On the Mandrake site it says that 9.1 uses 2.4.21 but when I went to the

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-15 Thread Bill W.
Hi, Uname -r gave me the exact kernel version. Once again, thanks everyone! Regards, Bill W. - Original Message - From: Dan Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] which kernel version On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:07:24

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-15 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 15, 2003 05:07 pm, Bill W. wrote: Hi All, How can I find the exact kernel version that I'm running? . I need it for the ltmodem driver. They are very fussy for exact kernel version. On the Mandrake site it says that 9.1 uses 2.4.21 but

Re: [newbie] which kernel should I run LM 8.1

2002-01-22 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 21 January 2002 05:39 pm, Gerald Waugh wrote: Current kernel 2.4.8-26mdk I looked around the LM site and could only find 8.1/RPMS/kernel-2.4.8-34.1mdk.i586.rpm I thought I seen on this list 2.4.10 Generally it's Mandrake's policy (as with other distros) to only issue bug fix

[newbie] which kernel should I run LM 8.1

2002-01-21 Thread Gerald Waugh
Current kernel 2.4.8-26mdk I looked around the LM site and could only find 8.1/RPMS/kernel-2.4.8-34.1mdk.i586.rpm I thought I seen on this list 2.4.10 -- Gerald Waugh Registered Linux User 255245 Register at http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] which kernel should I run LM 8.1

2002-01-21 Thread Brian Parish
34.1 is the latest stable, released kernel. You'll find much later kernels on the cooker, but these are still classified as test versions and are not recommended unless you either know a lot about what you are doing, or are happy to potentially have to deal with interesting problems, or both!

[newbie] Which Kernel?

2001-12-28 Thread tester
Someone writes in another subject's post... I hope you get it all worked out before you get tired of trying. Another question: My box (Mandrake Linux 8.1 Powerpack) says I have kernels 2.4.8 and 2.2.19. But when I installed (over and over) I never saw a place for choosing

Re: [newbie] Which Kernel?

2001-12-28 Thread Nelson Bartley
Civilme, this brings me to a new question, Does the DraX installer use a 2.4 kernel to perform the install? if so, what revision is it? NB On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 13:14, tester wrote: Someone writes in another subject's post... I hope you get it all worked out before you get

Re: [newbie] Which Kernel?

2001-12-28 Thread tester
Nelson Bartley wrote: Civilme, this brings me to a new question, Does the DraX installer use a 2.4 kernel to perform the install? if so, what revision is it? NB On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 13:14, tester wrote: Someone writes in another subject's post... I hope you get it all worked out

[newbie] Which Kernel?

2001-09-12 Thread The Spider
I was asking myself if programmers that are work on Mandrake were using original kernels( kernel.org) or modify them in some way? Another question is: is there a file that holds all the options and modules used to build a kernel so it's possible to replicate the compilation of another one with

Re: [newbie] Which Kernel?

2001-09-12 Thread Tim Holmes
I've tried to recompile newer and older kernels on my machine. Having recompiled kernels in FreeBSD and seeing how easy it was, and how much fun it was to do it, I figured, Hey... I'll cut my kernel down to size and it will boot much faster! Well I managed to cut it down pretty well, but the

Re: [newbie] Which Kernel?

2001-09-12 Thread civileme
On Wednesday 12 September 2001 19:53, you wrote: I was asking myself if programmers that are work on Mandrake were using original kernels( kernel.org) or modify them in some way? Another question is: is there a file that holds all the options and modules used to build a kernel so it's

RE: [newbie] Which Kernel?

2001-09-12 Thread FLYNN, Steve
, September 12, 2001 5:54 PM To: Mandrake Subject:[newbie] Which Kernel? I was asking myself if programmers that are work on Mandrake were using original kernels( kernel.org) or modify them in some way? Another question is: is there a file

[newbie] Which Kernel do I have?

2001-03-28 Thread Dave Peat
Can someone tell me the command to view the version of the Kernel running on my machine? Thanks, Dave Registered Linux User #184784

Re: [newbie] Which Kernel do I have?

2001-03-28 Thread Tim Dickerson
Use this command to view what kernel you have installed "uname -r" use "uname -a" to view all information Tim N9NU - Original Message - From: "Dave Peat" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 7:37 AM Subject: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] Which Kernel do I have?

2001-03-28 Thread Civileme
On Wednesday 28 March 2001 08:37, you wrote: Can someone tell me the command to view the version of the Kernel running on my machine? Thanks, Dave Registered Linux User #184784 uname -a Civileme

Re: [newbie] Which Kernel do I have?

2001-03-28 Thread Dave Peat
Thanks for the info! Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/28/01 11:15AM Dave.Peat wrote: Can someone tell me the command to view the version of the Kernel running on my machine? Thanks, Dave Registered Linux User #184784 Try "uname -a" w/o the quotes, of course HTH, Mike -- "Many

Re: [newbie] Which kernel is recommended for updating for mdk7.1?

2000-09-10 Thread boynblack
Hello Roman, Saturday, September 09, 2000, 1:41:02 PM, you wrote: RB Hi, RB I noticed there are different flavors of kernels for updating. Another RB one was just released on Sept. 4th. RB 2.2.17. Before I ruin another update, which kernel is recommended? I RB have mdk7.1b Hydrogen installed.

[newbie] Which kernel is recommended for updating for mdk7.1?

2000-09-09 Thread Roman Bysh
Hi, I noticed there are different flavors of kernels for updating. Another one was just released on Sept. 4th. 2.2.17. Before I ruin another update, which kernel is recommended? I have mdk7.1b Hydrogen installed. By the way, can I test the newer kernel by saving it to a new floppy and booting