Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade? (# 2)

2004-03-16 Thread Greg Meyer
On Monday 15 March 2004 06:46 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: Not necessary unless you would like to experience the thrill of building your own kernel, in which case you will want to install the kernel-source package and then follow the various instructions.  The kernel SRPM will only build the

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade? (# 2)

2004-03-16 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 16, 2004 07:50 am, Greg Meyer wrote: whack I think I leave the source build for later.  These are the steps I'll follow.   If something is screwed up, let me know. 1. Make sure my boot floppy works 2. Add the following to

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade? (# 2)

2004-03-16 Thread Mike Adolf
On Tuesday 16 March 2004 09:50 am, Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 15 March 2004 06:46 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: Not necessary unless you would like to experience the thrill of building your own kernel, in which case you will want to install the kernel-source package and then follow the various

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade?

2004-03-15 Thread Greg Meyer
On Monday 15 March 2004 03:59 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: I am now runing kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk in mdk 9.1 and would like to upgrade to 2.4.21.0.28mdk. Rpmdrake list 5 flavors of the 0.28. under update. Standard, enterprise, secure, smp, and source. Since the machine is non-net wrokstation, I

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade?

2004-03-15 Thread Mike Adolf
On Monday 15 March 2004 08:03 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 15 March 2004 03:59 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: I am now runing kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk in mdk 9.1 and would like to upgrade to 2.4.21.0.28mdk. Rpmdrake list 5 flavors of the 0.28. under update. Standard, enterprise, secure, smp,

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade? (# 2)

2004-03-15 Thread Mike Adolf
On Monday 15 March 2004 08:03 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 15 March 2004 03:59 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: I am now runing kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk in mdk 9.1 and would like to upgrade to 2.4.21.0.28mdk. Rpmdrake list 5 flavors of the 0.28. under update. Standard, enterprise, secure, smp,

Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade gone awry

2004-02-29 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Sunday 29 February 2004 01:41 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: I attempted to upgrade my 9.2 kernel from 2.4.22-10mdk to 2.4.22-28mdk, following the procedure given at: www.mandrakesecure.net/en/kernelupdate.php On booting, it ran into problems with XFree, resulting in the following: snipped

Re: [newbie] kernel error/no swap??

2004-02-01 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 31 January 2004 07:40 pm, Angus Auld wrote: Tom, here's the corresponding lines from my lilo.conf: image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=ht read-only Does this mean I

Re: [newbie] kernel error/no swap??

2004-02-01 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 10:41:52 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] kernel error/no swap?? On Saturday 31 January 2004 07:40 pm, Angus Auld wrote: Tom, here's the corresponding lines from my lilo.conf: image

Re: [newbie] kernel error/no swap??

2004-01-31 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 31 January 2004 07:59 am, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks for the replies. I checked with the command, swapon -s and also through webmin, and it appears that my swap is indeed on and being used. I learned something today :-)thanks for that! Best regards. --Angus Now run

Re: [newbie] Kernel rebuild question.

2004-01-30 Thread jason pearl
On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 07:40, Steve Kaufman wrote: I am a very newbie to Linux and this whole different world. I installed 9.2 a week or so ago and finally figured out how to get all the updates. I'm using the GUI by the way. The process was successful and now if I check there are no more

Re: [newbie] Kernel rebuild question.

2004-01-30 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 30 January 2004 14:40, Steve Kaufman wrote: The reason for this second question is I have a concern,that was also mentioned in another post, about booting from a kew kernel and not being able to fall back to the working one should something happen. This probably referred to the

Re: [newbie] kernel-2.4.22.26mdk

2004-01-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 5:20 pm, Lexx wrote: On Sunday, January 25, 2004 3:05 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke thus: This driver will be compiled for the latest kernel version kernel-2.4.22.26mdk which is available from any Mandrake update mirror such as this one.

Re: [newbie] kernel-2.4.22.26mdk

2004-01-25 Thread Lexx
Put both files into /lib/modules/2.4.22-26mdk/kernel/3rdparty/at76c503 A file called usbdfu.o.gz file will already exist remove it and replace it with the attached usbdfu.o file. The at76c505-rfmd2958.o file is new. Then in a root terminal run depmod -a Then when you reboot your log should show

Re: [newbie] kernel-2.4.22.26mdk

2004-01-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 7:43 pm, Lexx wrote: Put both files into /lib/modules/2.4.22-26mdk/kernel/3rdparty/at76c503 A file called usbdfu.o.gz file will already exist remove it and replace it with the attached usbdfu.o file. The at76c505-rfmd2958.o file is new. Then in a root terminal run

Re: [newbie] kernel-2.4.22.26mdk

2004-01-25 Thread Amichai Rotman
Hey Derek, Not acurate: I had the same problem, and my keyring is updated. There is a zero size sig file on all mirrors for that particular package. I have d/l it manually (using an FTP client) and forced the install (as Update). No my problem is this: every time I run MandrakeUpdate, I get

Re: [newbie] kernel-2.4.22.26mdk

2004-01-25 Thread Lexx
Ok, I did all those steps (including the last one!) and rebooted. iwconfig still shows: lono wireless extensions eth0no wireless extensions Any ides? Thanks Lexx Registered Linux User No.316991 If you remove the dongle, wait 10 secs, and insert it again, then wait

Re: [newbie] Kernel Upgrade (does order matter?)

2004-01-12 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:22:53 -0500 JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will this make a difference? ie., do you literally have to install the bootloader-utils first? Apparently, it doesn't matter :-) -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] Kernel Upgrade (does order matter?)

2004-01-12 Thread Ricks
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 12 January 2004 01:10 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:22:53 -0500 JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will this make a difference? ie., do you literally have to install the bootloader-utils first? Apparently, it doesn't

Re: [newbie] Kernel Upgrade (does order matter?)

2004-01-12 Thread JoeHill
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:45:21 -0500 Ricks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will this make a difference? ie., do you literally have to install the bootloader-utils first? Apparently, it doesn't matter :-) Hey Joe, there was a link to this page http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/magic.php (

Re: [newbie] Kernel version

2004-01-06 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 05:57:00 +1300 al [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody uname -r Charles -- WORDS IN THE HEART CANNOT BE TAKEN (Feet of Clay) - Mandrake Linux 10.0 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.6.0-1mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com -

Re: [newbie] Kernel version

2004-01-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 06 January 2004 11:57 am, al wrote: Hi all I've googled, looked through the how-to's, Twiki'd FAQ'd, and everywhere else I can think of. There are hundreds of pages of help for upgrading the kernel. Most of it incomprehensible:) But I cannot find how to tell what version I

Re: [newbie] Kernel version

2004-01-06 Thread al
On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 06:19, Greg Meyer wrote: On Tuesday 06 January 2004 11:57 am, al wrote: Hi all I've googled, looked through the how-to's, Twiki'd FAQ'd, and everywhere else I can think of. There are hundreds of pages of help for upgrading the kernel. Most of it

Re: [newbie] Kernel version

2004-01-06 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 11:04:51 +1300 al [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: do I need to update? You did not say what release of Mandrake you are running. BTW you are aware that the smpkernel is for multi-processor systems (more than 1 CPU). Charles -- 'And stars don't care what you wish, and magic

Re: [newbie] Kernel version

2004-01-06 Thread anton
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Re: [newbie] Kernel version

2004-01-06 Thread al
On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 12:15, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 11:04:51 +1300 al [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: do I need to update? You did not say what release of Mandrake you are running. BTW you are aware that the smpkernel is for multi-processor systems (more than 1 CPU).

Re: [newbie] kernel source headers

2003-12-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 11 December 2003 16:30, babar haq wrote: Hi I have a clean installation of Mandrake 9.2.Can somone tell me wat rpms i need to install to have Kernel Source Headers For the Kernel I am Running Thanx Babar kernel-source i.e.: urpmi kernel-source then pick the one that goes with

Re: [newbie] kernel source headers

2003-12-11 Thread babar haq
kernel-source i.e.: urpmi kernel-source where is this package. dont tell me its not in the first 3 cds of mandrake:(.Cause i cant find it in them. thanx for the help. Babar -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com

Re: [newbie] kernel source headers

2003-12-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 11 December 2003 17:22, babar haq wrote: kernel-source i.e.: urpmi kernel-source where is this package. dont tell me its not in the first 3 cds of mandrake:(.Cause i cant find it in them. thanx for the help. Babar Well, for some reason they aren't on the dowmload edition CD's

Re: [newbie] kernel source headers

2003-12-11 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 11 December 2003 8:34 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 11 December 2003 16:30, babar haq wrote: Hi I have a clean installation of Mandrake 9.2.Can somone tell me wat rpms i need to install to have Kernel Source Headers For the

Re: [newbie] kernel source headers

2003-12-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 11 December 2003 17:48, Charlie Mahan wrote: Regards; Charlie - :) HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.6 *almost* trojaned

2003-11-13 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 13 November 2003 01:33 am, Melissa Reese wrote: Or maybe too many eyes looking in the wrong directions. My sister works at MS, and she's under the impression that everyone there is cross-eyed. :-) I just wish they were tongue-tied as well...wy too much coming out of

Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.6 *almost* trojaned

2003-11-12 Thread Chuck Vose
HaywireMac wrote: One thing that occurred to me, thinking about Eric's adage, there are really *no* eyes on the Windows kernel (or whatever you call it). How many unknown/deliberate backdoors could be in *there*? Some time ago I was speaking to a MS employee at a party, he mentioned that MS

Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.6 *almost* trojaned

2003-11-12 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Chuck, On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 9:22:26 PM PST, you wrote: There are probably not enough eyes to see all the holes... Or maybe too many eyes looking in the wrong directions. My sister works at MS, and she's under the impression that

Re: [newbie] Kernel Panic:??

2003-11-07 Thread Paul
I am afraid that the partition table on your disk is fried, or the partitions have taken a terrible beating. The system cannot locate the proper partition to load the initial files from. I hope you have a decent backup of your /home data, because this sounds like format and reinstall to me. But

RE: [newbie] Kernel Panic:??

2003-11-07 Thread brian
Would it be possible to use a boot disk to access the info on the disk and edit or replace conf files? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 3:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Kernel Panic

Re: [newbie] Kernel Panic:??

2003-11-07 Thread Paul
You may attempt that to mount the partitions you want to backup, but with things sounding like they do now, editting or replacing config files will do little to no good. Something basic on the disk appears to be damaged, and that is not fixable by a config file. Paul On 11/07/2003 09:11 PM,

Re: [newbie] Kernel Panic:??

2003-11-07 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 07 Nov 2003 8:11 pm, brian wrote: Would it be possible to use a boot disk to access the info on the disk and edit or replace conf files? Yes. If you boot from the Install Cd#1 and at the first screen hit the button 'For more options' then type 'rescue' at the prompt. It will boot in

Re: [newbie] Kernel Panic:??

2003-11-07 Thread John Richard Smith
Bulloved wrote: mounting root file system mount error 6 mounting ext 3 flags Freeing unused kernel memory: 256k freed Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init=option to kernel. After the kernel is started it attempts to mount a file system on the root device hard-coded into the kernel

Re: [newbie] kernel SMP

2003-11-03 Thread Johan
Thanks for reply Johan - Original Message - From: Richard Urwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] kernel SMP On Sunday 02 Nov 2003 7:34 pm, Johan wrote: Hi, Kindly what does SMP stands for. Thanks Symetrical

Re: [newbie] kernel SMP

2003-11-02 Thread Richard Urwin
On Sunday 02 Nov 2003 7:34 pm, Johan wrote: Hi, Kindly what does SMP stands for. Thanks Symetrical Multi-Processing For motherboards with more than one processor. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] kernel-tmb-2.4.22.12.tmb.1mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

2003-11-01 Thread John Richard Smith
HaywireMac wrote: On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 11:19:32 -0600 The Other [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: tmb = Thomas M Backlund's Multimedial Kernel available at: http://www.netikka.net/tmb/Cooker/ If you're going to be working with sound recording and editing on your Linux box, this kernel is designed

Re: [newbie] kernel-tmb-2.4.22.12.tmb.1mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

2003-10-29 Thread Paul Kaplan
You could try installing both and give them each a whirl before removing the one you decide against. Lilo should be auto configed to give you the both choices (check the config using Mandrake control center to determine which entry points to which kernel). I found that the standard (mdk)

Re: [newbie] kernel-tmb-2.4.22.12.tmb.1mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

2003-10-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Paul Kaplan wrote: You could try installing both and give them each a whirl before removing the one you decide against. Lilo should be auto configed to give you the both choices (check the config using Mandrake control center to determine which entry points to which kernel). I found that

Re: [newbie] kernel-tmb-2.4.22.12.tmb.1mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

2003-10-29 Thread Raffaele Belardi
'scuse me, what's this 'tmb' kernel? raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Kaplan wrote: You could try installing both and give them each a whirl before removing the one you decide against. Lilo should be auto configed to give you the both choices (check the config using Mandrake control

Re: [newbie] kernel-tmb-2.4.22.12.tmb.1mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

2003-10-29 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 29 October 2003 03:30 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Just for a giggle I rolled this kernel last night, kernel-tmb-2.4.22.12.tmb.1mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm this is what I had in the morning, I'm surprised you didn't have more. Mandrake kernel 'src.rpm' would'a built about a half

Re: [newbie] kernel-tmb-2.4.22.12.tmb.1mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

2003-10-29 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 29 October 2003 10:05 am, John Richard Smith wrote: OK Tom, But I'm guessing this is a kernel for M9.2 which I do not really have yet. because when I try to install, the dependency problem raises it head, bootloader-utils = 1.6 is needed by kernel-tmb-2.4.22.12.tmb.1mdk-1-1mdk

Re: [newbie] kernel-tmb-2.4.22.12.tmb.1mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

2003-10-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Tom Brinkman wrote: That would be a safe bet. I checked those packages on my system. My intscripts is newer, bootloader is the same version. I'm running 9.2+cooker updates. Why, what need do you have to change kernels John? To build up the media side of my main OS, get better

Re: [newbie] kernel-tmb-2.4.22.12.tmb.1mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

2003-10-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Tom Brinkman wrote So if 'cat /proc/cpu/info' reports a 1200 Mhz cpu, instead of 1533 Mhz, you're system is mis-configured in bios, or you don't have an 1800+. I bow to your fart superior knowledge of hardware. Mine is of course not a laptop. [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo

Re: [newbie] kernel-tmb-2.4.22.12.tmb.1mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

2003-10-29 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 29 October 2003 04:33 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: I bow to your fart superior knowledge of hardware. A typo John ? ;))) Mine is of course not a laptop. [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu

Re: [newbie] Kernel-souce for MDK9.2 download version

2003-10-25 Thread Johan
Hi, Sorry, misunderstanding here - no update was done - only looking for kernel-source Johan On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 03:15, Dennis Myers wrote: On Friday 24 October 2003 07:01 pm, Johan wrote: Hi, The result of uname -a... Linux localhost 2.4.22-10mdk #1 Thu Sep 18 12:30:58 CEST 2003 i686

Re: [newbie] Kernel-souce for MDK9.2 download version

2003-10-25 Thread Johan
Hi, Thanks for info. Please some more... Using urpmi to update from club-internet others I do not see the kernel on the available list that come to screen. Will urpmi do this automatic or does it need some specific instructions. Some pointers here would be much appreciated. I have never done a

Re: [newbie] Kernel-souce for MDK9.2 download version

2003-10-25 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 25 October 2003 12:19 pm, Johan wrote: Hi, Thanks for info. Please some more... Using urpmi to update from club-internet others I do not see the kernel on the available list that come to screen. Will urpmi do this automatic or does it need some specific instructions. Some

Re: [newbie] Kernel-souce for MDK9.2 download version

2003-10-24 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 24 October 2003 08:01 pm, Johan wrote: Hi, The result of uname -a... Linux localhost 2.4.22-10mdk #1 Thu Sep 18 12:30:58 CEST 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux Since the above kernel source is not on any of the 4 discs I have where can this exact kernel be found. I need this for

Re: [newbie] Kernel Compiling in 9.2 -Update - 9.2 bug?

2003-10-22 Thread Sharrea Day
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:09, Sharrea Day wrote: make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.22-10mdk/arch/i386/mm' gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.22-10mdk/include -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon

Re: [newbie] Kernel Compiling in 9.2

2003-10-21 Thread Joeb
Sharrea Day wrote: Hi all I need to build my own kernel so that I can use my satellite card for internet connection. The driver is compiled with gcc-2.96 and requires the kernel to be compiled with the same. No problem in 9.1 but having just installed 9.2, the make dep gives an error:

Re: [newbie] Kernel Compiling in 9.2

2003-10-21 Thread Sharrea Day
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:21, Joeb wrote: Sharrea Day wrote: I need to build my own kernel so that I can use my satellite card for internet connection. The driver is compiled with gcc-2.96 and requires the kernel to be compiled with the same. No problem in 9.1 but having just installed 9.2,

Re: [newbie] kernel config

2003-10-04 Thread Paul Kaplan
I found the .config files in the installation rpms Paul On Friday 03 October 2003 07:02 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: Thanks, Which file contains the config options for the 9.1 linux configuration and which contains the options for the linux-enterpriese configuration? P On Friday 03 October 2003

Re: [newbie] kernel config

2003-10-03 Thread Raffaele Belardi
Maybe /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/.config ? raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What file(s) contain the settings which the various LM 9.1 kernels were compiled against? I am interested in comparing the default and linux-enterprise kernels so as to build a custom kernel. TIA Paul Want to

Re: [newbie] kernel config

2003-10-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 19:59, Raffaele Belardi wrote: Maybe /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/.config ? raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What file(s) contain the settings which the various LM 9.1 kernels were compiled against? I am interested in comparing the default and

Re: [newbie] kernel config

2003-10-03 Thread Paul Kaplan
Thanks, Which file contains the config options for the 9.1 linux configuration and which contains the options for the linux-enterpriese configuration? P On Friday 03 October 2003 06:29 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 19:59, Raffaele Belardi wrote: Maybe

Re: [newbie] kernel config

2003-10-03 Thread Raffaele Belardi
I don't have the linux-enterprise configuration, sorry. raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Which file contains the config options for the 9.1 linux configuration and which contains the options for the linux-enterpriese configuration? P Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] kernel with priority

2003-08-28 Thread Anarky
Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 24 Aug 2003 9:57 am, Anarky wrote: I understand there is a newer linux kernel out there ... one which would know how to give higher priority ot processes I just started stuff like that .. any chance that will be included in 9.2? greets, No need to

Re: [newbie] kernel deps

2003-08-26 Thread Anarky
Frans Ketelaars wrote: snip http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=kernel-2.6.0-0.test3submit=Search+...system=arch= says it's a Mandrake Cooker package. You shouldn't try to use cooker packages in ML9.1 but only in ... ?? 9.2 ? or where? from my knowledge cooker package

Re: [newbie] kernel deps

2003-08-25 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Monday 25 August 2003 12:25, Anarky wrote: well, I understood in mandrake kernel update was painless cool, so I thoguht I'd try it. I wanted kernle 2.6.test3 I'd love to use urpmi ... but I don't, because i've got a limited download quota ... so what I would really love would be if

Re: [newbie] kernel with priority

2003-08-24 Thread manolis
I didn't understand enough what you are trying to say but for changing the priority of processes just take a peek at the commands nice and renice. you can read the manual with: man nice man renice Koppermind. 24 2003 11:57, / Anarky : I understand there is a newer linux kernel

Re: [newbie] kernel recompilation - is it worth it?

2003-08-17 Thread Inhabitant of Zion
hard/impossible for Mandrake ... where could I find a walkthrough on this? ... oh, and in case soemthing goes bad ... is there a way to recover from such a low level deed? A good place to look at this is the Gentoo site. I built a Gentoo box from scratch and I don't consider myself to be a

Re: [newbie] kernel recompilation - is it worth it?

2003-08-17 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:14:59 +0300 Anarky [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: And is it worth it? From what I have heard, the Mandrake kernel is already highly optimized for higher end machines, so the difference would not necessarily be noticeable. However, as others have already pointed out, it *is*

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrades

2003-07-18 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 19 Jul 2003 2:40 am, Tsyko wrote: I am assuming I need to upgrade my kernel as my radeon 9700 doesn't work with the new intel 875 chipset. X keeps telling me that it can't use AGPGart. What is the easiest way to do this? I am running MDK 9.1. Thanks The easiest and safest way

Re: [newbie] Kernel error

2003-07-15 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 20:58, Peter Meyns wrote: Hi all, good thing this list seems to be up and running again. I went through my KDE settings yesterday and on the module System - Linux Kernel I got the following information (translated from German): from kde GENEROUS WHACK Any ideas? I'm

Re: [newbie] Kernel error

2003-07-15 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Peter Meyns wrote: Hi all, good thing this list seems to be up and running again. I went through my KDE settings yesterday and on the module System - Linux Kernel I got the following information (translated from German): from kde Error Your kernel configuration could not be read because of

Re: [newbie] Kernel configuration

2003-06-27 Thread Douglas Bainbridge
Noah, Please don't hijack threads to post a query - it makes things very confusing.The threads end up quite useless, as a random collection of messages . Thanks, DougB On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 06:44, Noah A Hicks wrote: When someone says to use the following parameters to configure a kernel,

Re: [newbie] Kernel-headers 2.4.19-16mdk

2003-05-27 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 27 May 2003 04:22 pm, Carlos wrote: Hi to all, I'm at a loss as to where to find the matching kernel-headers 2.4.19-16mdk. I am running 9.0 power pack and in all the CD's that came with it, I still can't seem to find it. Can anyone help. Needless to say I'm very new linux and

Re: [newbie] Kernel-headers 2.4.19-16mdk

2003-05-27 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Tue, 27 May 2003 16:48:43 -0400 Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Note the kernel-headers package is no longer created seperately in 9.1 and later because it just creates confusion. Pretty much correct except it is/was glibc a not gcc from which the kernel-headers rpm was derived and

Re: [newbie] Kernel-headers 2.4.19-16mdk

2003-05-27 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 27 May 2003 06:34 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Tue, 27 May 2003 16:48:43 -0400 Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Note the kernel-headers package is no longer created seperately in 9.1 and later because it just creates confusion. Pretty much correct except it is/was glibc

Re: [newbie] kernel version

2003-04-06 Thread Peter Watson
On Saturday 05 Apr 2003 18:43, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday April 5 2003 08:11 am, pete wrote: Before I move to 9.1 there is something I have never understood on 9.0 and previous releases, I would be grateful for an explanation. I have installed :- kernel-source 2.4.19-16mdk

Re: [newbie] kernel version

2003-04-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday April 6 2003 08:29 am, Peter Watson wrote: On Saturday 05 Apr 2003 18:43, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday April 5 2003 08:11 am, pete wrote: Before I move to 9.1 there is something I have never understood on 9.0 and previous releases, I would be grateful for an explanation.

Re: [newbie] kernel version

2003-04-06 Thread Peter Watson
On Sunday 06 Apr 2003 16:19, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Sunday April 6 2003 08:29 am, Peter Watson wrote: On Saturday 05 Apr 2003 18:43, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday April 5 2003 08:11 am, pete wrote: Before I move to 9.1 there is something I have never understood on 9.0 and previous

Re: [newbie] kernel version

2003-04-05 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 00:11, pete wrote: Before I move to 9.1 there is something I have never understood on 9.0 and previous releases, I would be grateful for an explanation. I have installed :- kernel-source 2.4.19-16mdk kernel-headers 2.4.18-41mdk Why the different version numbers

Re: [newbie] Kernel compile from src ques.

2003-04-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 04:50:42PM -0600, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Sunday March 30 2003 11:08 am, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks for the reply Tom. I am very confused as to the process here. I have upgraded my kernel once in 8.2, and again in 9.0. I thought that the idea of a src rpm was to rebuild

Re: [newbie] Kernel compile from src ques.

2003-03-30 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday March 30 2003 06:15 am, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I am just in the process of moving from the 2.4.19-24 to the 2.4.19-32 kernel. I would like to ask the list; would compiling the 2.4.19-32 src rpm before installing it be the equivalent of doing a kernel recompile on an installed

Re: [newbie] Kernel compile from src ques.

2003-03-30 Thread Angus Auld
From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday March 30 2003 06:15 am, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I am just in the process of moving from the 2.4.19-24 to the 2.4.19-32 kernel. I would like to ask the list; would compiling the 2.4.19-32 src rpm before installing it be the equivalent

Re: [newbie] Kernel compile from src ques.

2003-03-30 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday March 30 2003 11:08 am, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks for the reply Tom. I am very confused as to the process here. I have upgraded my kernel once in 8.2, and again in 9.0. I thought that the idea of a src rpm was to rebuild it against your particular arch and hardware, and then install

Re: [newbie] Kernel compile from src ques.

2003-03-30 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 11:50 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Sunday March 30 2003 11:08 am, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks for the reply Tom. I am very confused as to the process here. I have upgraded my kernel once in 8.2, and again in 9.0. I thought that the idea of a src rpm was to rebuild it

Re: [newbie] kernel-headers and VMWARE

2003-03-14 Thread Bart Salien
Op Friday 14 March 2003 02:32, schreef Greg Meyer: On Thursday 13 March 2003 03:20 pm, Bart Salien wrote: Op Thursday 13 March 2003 20:37, schreef Frans Ketelaars: On Thursday 13 March 2003 19:13, Bart Salien wrote: Hi all , I'm trying to install Vmware on my MDK9.0 , i get this

Re: [newbie] kernel-headers and VMWARE

2003-03-13 Thread Bart Salien
Op Thursday 13 March 2003 20:37, schreef Frans Ketelaars: On Thursday 13 March 2003 19:13, Bart Salien wrote: Hi all , I'm trying to install Vmware on my MDK9.0 , i get this message when he asks the dir for my C header file /usr/include The directory of kernel headers (version

Re: [newbie] kernel-headers and VMWARE

2003-03-13 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 07:20, Bart Salien wrote: Frans , i checked that , and kernel-headers-2.4.18-41mdk.i586.rpm is the only one on the CDs (Download and ProSuit editions) . Vmware is the only program until now which gives problems. greets , Bart. Have you MANUALLY checked out the

Re: [newbie] kernel-headers and VMWARE

2003-03-13 Thread mycal62
Hi , If all else fails and you can't find the rpm ... ah-hem try here: ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.0/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/ ;-) Bart Salien wrote: Op Thursday 13 March 2003 20:37, schreef Frans Ketelaars: On Thursday 13 March 2003 19:13, Bart Salien wrote: Hi all ,

Re: [newbie] kernel-headers and VMWARE

2003-03-13 Thread Terry Smith
Bart, You need to install the kernel source files for your running kernel. The old source won't do. Terry Smith On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 13:13, Bart Salien wrote: Hi all , I'm trying to install Vmware on my MDK9.0 , i get this message when he asks the dir for my C header file /usr/include

Re: [newbie] kernel-headers and VMWARE

2003-03-13 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 13 March 2003 03:20 pm, Bart Salien wrote: Op Thursday 13 March 2003 20:37, schreef Frans Ketelaars: On Thursday 13 March 2003 19:13, Bart Salien wrote: Hi all , I'm trying to install Vmware on my MDK9.0 , i get this message when he asks the dir for my C header file

Re: [newbie] Kernel compiling takes 80 minutes on P4 1.8 machine

2003-01-21 Thread Wei Wang
Hi, This sounds a bit soothing for me. ;-) Now it takes about 45 minutes to compile the whole kernel. I've heard the Pentium4 deficiency problem before I bought this laptop. But the comments I found gave me an impression that P4 1.8GHz is aboutthe same performance as a P3 1.2GHz, but there is

Re: [newbie] Kernel compiling takes 80 minutes on P4 1.8 machine

2003-01-21 Thread Wei Wang
to rethink your timing. Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chuck Burns Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Kernel compiling takes 80 minutes on P4 1.8 machine

Re: [newbie] Kernel compiling takes 80 minutes on P4 1.8 machine

2003-01-20 Thread Chuck Burns
On Mon, January 20 2003 11:01 am, Wei Wang wrote: *snip* I am not sure if this is hardware related or OS related. I have Mandrake 9.0 on my Pentium 4 M 1.8Ghz laptop. Now the complete kernel compiling make clean bzImage modules *snip takes 80 minutes to finish. Every gcc stays on the screen

RE: [newbie] Kernel compiling takes 80 minutes on P4 1.8 machine

2003-01-20 Thread Robert Wideman
. You guys might want to rethink your timing. Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chuck Burns Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Kernel compiling takes 80 minutes on P4 1.8 machine

Re: [newbie] Kernel compiling takes 80 minutes on P4 1.8 machine

2003-01-20 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday January 20 2003 11:01 am, Wei Wang wrote: I am not sure if this is hardware related or OS related. I have Mandrake 9.0 on my Pentium 4 M 1.8Ghz laptop. Now the complete kernel compiling make clean bzImage modules make dep clean bzImage~ 5 mins. time make modules

Re: [newbie] Kernel compiling takes 80 minutes on P4 1.8 machine

2003-01-20 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 04:01, Wei Wang wrote: Hi, I am not sure if this is hardware related or OS related. I have Mandrake 9.0 on my Pentium 4 M 1.8Ghz laptop. Now the complete kernel compiling make clean bzImage modules takes 80 minutes to finish. Every gcc stays on the screen for a

Re: [newbie] kernel panic during install when formatting swap partitionon Power Mac 8600

2003-01-06 Thread John Richard Smith
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 16:20, Daniel Segel wrote: I'm trying to install Mandrake 8.2/PPC on a Powermac 8600/300 with 2x4GB SCSI hard drives and 192MB RAM in it. I've tried installing onto both drives, but I get the same error either way. The problem I'm having is that I

Re: [newbie] kernel panic during install when formattingswap partition on Power Mac 8600

2003-01-06 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 10:49, John Richard Smith wrote: I've not been following this thread until now so forgive me if I'm off here. Now I cannot offer an explanation for your problem, but one possible workaround might be to merely create that /swap partition but leave it unformatted and

Re: [newbie] Kernel Sourcea Space

2002-12-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 19:57, Kevin Allen wrote: Acording to www.linmodems.com, in order to install my winmodem (HSP56MR by PCtel) I need to have my Kernel sources. I looked for them and I couln't find them. I tried to install them from my Mandrake 8.2 CD's using the mandrake software

Re: [newbie] kernel configuration

2002-10-14 Thread Todd Flinders
linux is just a symbolic link that should point to the most current installed kernel. This makes more sense if you imagine yourself having multiple kernels installed (testing? Maybe different kernels for different purposes?) On Saturday 12 October 2002 12:44 pm, Noah Hicks wrote: Thanks a

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