[KLUG Members] new kernel

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>Thanks for the good info.  It's really true that if it "ain't broke,
>don't  fix it", since my system has been purring like a kitten with Suse 7.1
>and KDE  2.1.  I read there was a problem with that kernel and VIA mb.  On
>shutdown I  get a seg fault at the end when it goes to run level 0.  It
>probably is of no consequence.  I also thought improved USB support would help
>me get my Kodak  4800 camera hooked up w/o using windows. Plus it is fun to
>configure and compile a new kernel!

Want to do a presentation on USB under Linux?

>Anyway I went back to the kernel config and found I didnt include a
>couple  of ppp options, so I fixed that.  Vm ware won't setup with the new
>kernel so I need to get the latest(as someone on the list told me to do).  
>So I'm back  to the old kernel for now.  

Red Carpet now has a VM Ware channel so you can keep that up to date if you use
Ximian GNOME.

>I seems really important to keep an accessible text file with rarely
>used config and other commands so time isn't wasted relearning what one has
>figured out before.    Jon

FYI,  in /usr/src/linux the Kernel config you have built is stored in .config, 
it is handy when you have built a "working copy" to copy that off to somewhere. 
You can copy it back to /usr/src/linux/.config when you drop in new kernel
source.  You still ***MUST*** then run make menuconfig/xconfig/config/whatever, 
but it will read your settings from your old configuration and usually you can
just save, exit, and build.

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