Hi I have done the same thing but used the testing kernel-2.6.4 and only need the updated hotplug deb.
But the other trick is/was that 2.6 doesn't use /etc/modutils but /etc/modprobe.d The only thing I haven't got working is my pctel winmodem Alex On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 01:20:33PM +1000, James Gray wrote: > On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:20 pm, Billy Kwong wrote: > > James, > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > Anyone know a good resource for upgrading a woody box to the 2.6.x > > > kernels? > > > > > > I installed a backported 2.6.4 (from backports.org) and now a bunch of > > > stuff is either broken fatally or throwing errors. > > > > > > The /etc/init.d/networking script wont work - ifup and dhclient both > > > complain about the kernel version and refuse to work. "pump" is ok > > > though. > > > > As Steve would have said, check your module names. > > The module is still the same (8139too) but the dhclient complains about > "unrecognized kernel version" and wont get a DHCP lease. But like I said > earlier, "pump eth0" does the trick....now to rewrite the init scripts I > guess (or is there a way to switch to pump without needing to get down and > dirty with the networking subsystem/scripts??) > > > > The nfs stuff complains that "mount" is older than the kernel. > > > > I have that even under unstable. :( > > Grrr - you'd think an updated "mount" could be compiled....but that's > probably over-simplifying it. > > > > There's other weirdness happening with my firewire and USB stuff too. > > > > Check the names of your USB host modules. It's called [enu]hci-hcd in the > > 2.6 kernels. I guess it's similar for Firewire. > > Ah - that explains it :) Fixed that bit now - thanks. > > > I'm now running 2.6 kernels on unstable boxes, couldn't be happier. :) > > Yeh, I'm thinking I might rebuild this machine with Unstable/Sarge - I need > more recent stuff anyway. > > James > -- > Fortune cookies says: > "If I ever get around to writing that language depompisifier, it will change > almost all occurences of the word "paradigm" into "example" or "model." > -- Herbie Blashtfalt > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >
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