It appears that the potato release (2.2r3) uses the Linux kernel version 2.2.19pre17. However, I can only seem to find kernel headers for 2.2.18 or 2.2.19 on the release CD. This appears to mean that to install any modules without error messages (I need them for my video chipset & my [lin]modem) I have had to recompile the kernel. I have these questions:
1. Have I done the right thing here, or is there a way I missed to add modules without having to recompile the kernel? 2. Recompiling the kernel with different headers concerns me. I chose potato as the 'stable' release. But now I wonder if that stability is being retained? It seems to me that the 'best stable' kernel ought to have been supplied, so moving to 2.2.18 or 2.2.19 should theoretically expose me either to unfixed bugs or to a less stable kernel respectively. Where is the flaw in this logic? 3. Assuming I do need to recompile the kernel, and 2.2.19pre17 headers are not on the CD, should I be using 2.2.19 or 2.2.18 headers? I am using the kernel source from the Debian GNU/Linux 2.2.r3 "potato" - Official i386 binary-1 (20010427) CD. I burned the CD myself from an image created as per instuctions on www.debian.org. I checked that the md5 checksum of the image was correct before burning. Thanks. Roger Broadbent _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
