[KLUG Members] 2.4.22 On The Verge

[Bruce Smith]

On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 23:38, Adam Williams wrote:
> > > > >>>>ACPI! ACPI! ACPI!  Laptop Linux users rejoice!
> > > > >>>Are you going to try it?  If so, PLEASE let me know how it works!
> > > > >>I intend to try it, ACPI would fix several problems I have.
> > > > >Cool.  Please let me know.  There is a debate on the DL-develop mailing
> > > > >list, if it's stable enough to include ACPI support in our kernel.
> > > > Will do.  I'll probably try in on Sunday, tearing the roof off my porch tomorrow
> > > > and have bad movie night tonight.  I'd really just like power off / reboot to
> > > > work, which doesn't on my laptop without ACPI enabled.
> > > I tried it, it sucks.  I can't get a working kernel out of 2.4.22 for
> > > anything.  Either basic modules don't build (no lvm-mod) or dies with
> > > bizarre errors like -
> > Did you start with a "make mrproper"?  In the past I found a mrproper 
> > to be required, even when starting with a fresh source code un-tar
> > Without a mrproper (starting with xconfig/menuconfig, dep, ...), 
> > I've had some really weird compile aborts.
> 
> Ok, I'll try that.  Currently 2.6.0-test4 seems to be merrily
> compiling.  One thing for 2.6.x - the configuration mechanism is *MUCH*
> nicer, just one big expanding tree; verses flouncing about in the 2.4.x
> menus.

Why compile?  Download the unofficial Redhat RPM's for 2.6.0-test4,
along with the other required package upgrades:

  http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/RPMS.kernel/

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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