Re: problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-12 Thread Mark Allums
r CRT? It may be being put into a mode that almost, but not quite, works, and this scrambles the screen. Will it work at a low refresh rate than 75? Try 60. MAA On 6/11/2010 10:31 PM, Long Wind wrote: the ati card is AGP let me repeat my problem clearly the card/driver work in etch with kerne

Re: problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-12 Thread Mark Allums
peat my problem clearly the card/driver work in etch with kernel 2.6 they work in sarge with kernel 2.4 but they don't work in etch with kernel 2.4 though x server does not change! below is /etc/X11/xorg.conf # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # Thi

Re: problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/11/2010 10:31 PM, Long Wind wrote: the ati card is AGP let me repeat my problem clearly the card/driver work in etch with kernel 2.6 they work in sarge with kernel 2.4 but they don't work in etch with kernel 2.4 though x server does not change! Then why not use a 2.6 k

Re: problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-11 Thread Long Wind
the ati card is AGP let me repeat my problem clearly the card/driver work in etch with kernel 2.6 they work in sarge with kernel 2.4 but they don't work in etch with kernel 2.4 though x server does not change! below is /etc/X11/xorg.conf # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System s

Re: problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-11 Thread Mark Allums
On 6/11/2010 8:18 PM, Long Wind wrote: Thank Mark Allums ! I use kernel 2.4 because of producer, a video capturing application video capturing is hard to learn and config As I'm happy with the old producer I'm unwilling to spend more energy on learning/upgrading My machine is HP vl4

Re: problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/11/2010 08:18 PM, Long Wind wrote: Thank Mark Allums ! I use kernel 2.4 because of producer, a video capturing application video capturing is hard to learn and config Are you implying that there's some specialized PCI card for which there's no known 2.6 driver? As I'm

Re: problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-11 Thread Long Wind
Thank Mark Allums ! I use kernel 2.4 because of producer, a video capturing application video capturing is hard to learn and config As I'm happy with the old producer I'm unwilling to spend more energy on learning/upgrading My machine is HP vl420 running P4 with 128Mx3 memory

Re: problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-11 Thread Mark Allums
On 6/11/2010 7:54 PM, Mark Allums wrote: On 6/11/2010 7:04 PM, Long Wind wrote: My reason for using old s/w doesn't matter There are plenty of reason for running old s/w that's why archive.debian.org exists not only to offer sarge but potato and rex! but a random check of a few sites revea

Re: problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-11 Thread Mark Allums
On 6/11/2010 7:04 PM, Long Wind wrote: My reason for using old s/w doesn't matter There are plenty of reason for running old s/w that's why archive.debian.org exists not only to offer sarge but potato and rex! Yes. We don't need to know specific reasons. However, just knowing, as an examp

Re: problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/11/2010 07:04 PM, Long Wind wrote: My reason for using old s/w doesn't matter Only if you're paying us lots of money for sustaining *really* way past EOL kit. But you aren't... There are plenty of reason for running old s/w that's why archive.debian.org exists not only to offer sarg

Re: problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-11 Thread Long Wind
My reason for using old s/w doesn't matter There are plenty of reason for running old s/w that's why archive.debian.org exists not only to offer sarge but potato and rex! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas.

Re: problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-11 Thread Mark Allums
On 6/11/2010 4:12 PM, Long Wind wrote: I have HP VL420 and etch ati rage 128 pro (or ultra?) works fine in kernel 2.6 but in kernel 2.4, it displays strangely I have to return to text mode (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and reboot and I have to use vesa driver in kernel 2.4 ati driver works fine in sarge

Re: problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/11/2010 04:12 PM, Long Wind wrote: I have HP VL420 and etch ati rage 128 pro (or ultra?) works fine in kernel 2.6 but in kernel 2.4, it displays strangely I have to return to text mode (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and reboot and I have to use vesa driver in kernel 2.4 ati driver works fine in sarge

problem with ati driver in kernel 2.4

2010-06-11 Thread Long Wind
I have HP VL420 and etch ati rage 128 pro (or ultra?) works fine in kernel 2.6 but in kernel 2.4, it displays strangely I have to return to text mode (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and reboot and I have to use vesa driver in kernel 2.4 ati driver works fine in sarge, which use kernel 2.4 Can you help? -- To

Re: Can I use kernel 2.4 in etch?

2009-03-25 Thread Javier Barroso
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Long Wind wrote (in subject): Can I use kernel 2.4 in etch? Sure, but in some application [1] (udev included?) [1] http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/i386/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#s-kernel-changes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Can I use kernel 2.4 in etch?

2009-03-25 Thread Long Wind
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Re: how to select a wireless LAN card supported by kernel 2.4 (and/or 2.6)?

2007-08-08 Thread Wayne Topa
Serena Cantor([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > The interface should be PCI or USB, because it's desktop. > > USB card seem cheap, but are they supported by Linux 2.4 and/or 2.6? > > Google is your friend! For example Wayne -- Daddy, wha

how to select a wireless LAN card supported by kernel 2.4 (and/or 2.6)?

2007-08-07 Thread Serena Cantor
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Re: Kernel 2.4 on Etch

2007-07-10 Thread koffiejunkie
Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote: Hi Is there any simple way of making kernel 2.4 and 2.6 coexist in Debian Etch? I know a lot of complicated ways :) but I need version 2.4 to test old kernel modules. I can't give you the details on how, but I know Etch runs just fine on a 2.4 kernel. I

Re: Sarge install image (kernel 2.4)

2007-07-05 Thread steef
Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote: Hi Could anyone please point out where to find Sarge install images? I tried to install it with debootstrap but I can only make it boot on kernel 2.6.8. When I try to boot on kernel 2.4 it shows the message /sbin/init 432: cannot open dev/console I did not find

Re: Sarge install image (kernel 2.4)

2007-07-05 Thread Alan Ianson
ied to install it with debootstrap but I can only make it boot on kernel > 2.6.8. When I try to boot on kernel 2.4 it shows the message > /sbin/init 432: cannot open dev/console > I did not find any helpful recommendations on the internet but I hope the > install disk works. Are you installing th

Sarge install image (kernel 2.4)

2007-07-05 Thread Gudjon I. Gudjonsson
Hi Could anyone please point out where to find Sarge install images? I tried to install it with debootstrap but I can only make it boot on kernel 2.6.8. When I try to boot on kernel 2.4 it shows the message /sbin/init 432: cannot open dev/console I did not find any helpful recommendations on

Re: Kernel 2.4 on Etch

2007-07-03 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 05:24:59PM +0200, Thomas Jollans wrote: > On Tuesday 03 July 2007, Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote: > >Is there any simple way of making kernel 2.4 and 2.6 coexist in Debian > > Etch? I know a lot of complicated ways :) but I need version 2.4 to test > &g

Re: Kernel 2.4 on Etch

2007-07-03 Thread Thomas Jollans
Hi, On Tuesday 03 July 2007, Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote: >Is there any simple way of making kernel 2.4 and 2.6 coexist in Debian > Etch? I know a lot of complicated ways :) but I need version 2.4 to test > old kernel modules. I suggest that if you want to use old kernel-level soft

Re: Kernel 2.4 on Etch

2007-07-03 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 10:19:35AM +0200, Pol Hallen wrote: > which procedure do u use for compiling? (debian-way or others?) > > The only thing that u can do is try! Actually, it may not be possible[0]. I think there isn't any support, and from hearing others' experience, they've run into troubl

Re: Kernel 2.4 on Etch

2007-07-03 Thread Pol Hallen
>Is there any simple way of making kernel 2.4 and 2.6 coexist in Debian > Etch? I know a lot of complicated ways :) but I need version 2.4 to test > old kernel modules. I believe that the problem might be module-init-tools which procedure do u use for compiling? (debian-way or othe

Kernel 2.4 on Etch

2007-07-03 Thread Gudjon I. Gudjonsson
Hi Is there any simple way of making kernel 2.4 and 2.6 coexist in Debian Etch? I know a lot of complicated ways :) but I need version 2.4 to test old kernel modules. Thanks Gudjon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: kernel 2.4 with debian etch?

2007-06-28 Thread Robert Cates
Ralph Katz wrote: On 06/28/2007 05:25 PM, Thomas Jollans wrote: On Thursday 28 June 2007, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi. Is it possible, and how?, to install the kernel 2.4 with Etch? It seems that I don't manage to install it typing `linux24' at boot from CDROM. Linux

Re: kernel 2.4 with debian etch?

2007-06-28 Thread Ralph Katz
On 06/28/2007 05:25 PM, Thomas Jollans wrote: > On Thursday 28 June 2007, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Hi. >> >> Is it possible, and how?, to install the kernel 2.4 with Etch? It seems >> that I don't manage to install it typing `linux24' at boot from CDROM. &

Re: kernel 2.4 with debian etch?

2007-06-28 Thread Thomas Jollans
On Thursday 28 June 2007, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi. > > Is it possible, and how?, to install the kernel 2.4 with Etch? It seems > that I don't manage to install it typing `linux24' at boot from CDROM. Linux 2.4 is not part of etch. In other news, linux 2.4 is ancient and

kernel 2.4 with debian etch?

2007-06-28 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi. Is it possible, and how?, to install the kernel 2.4 with Etch? It seems that I don't manage to install it typing `linux24' at boot from CDROM. Thanks, Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2007-06-27 Thread Ralph Katz
On 06/27/2007 10:45 AM, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 07:50 +, Qnick wrote: >> I have a box ((Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX300 S3) within Debian 4.0 >> "Etch" and 2.4.31 kernel . >> I very want upgrade it to kernel 2.6.21 but i don't know how do it. >> I installed kernel packag

Re: Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2007-06-27 Thread Tod Detre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Qnick wrote: > I have a box ((Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX300 S3) within Debian 4.0 > "Etch" and 2.4.31 kernel . > I very want upgrade it to kernel 2.6.21 but i don't know how do it. > I installed kernel package 2.6.18 from Debian distribution but af

Re: Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2007-06-27 Thread Orestes leal
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:14:29 +0200 André Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Qnick (2007-06-27): > > I have a box ((Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX300 S3) within Debian 4.0 > > "Etch" and 2.4.31 kernel . > > I very want upgrade it to kernel 2.6.21 but i don't know how do it. > > I installed kernel

Re: Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2007-06-27 Thread André Berger
* Qnick (2007-06-27): > I have a box ((Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX300 S3) within Debian 4.0 > "Etch" and 2.4.31 kernel . > I very want upgrade it to kernel 2.6.21 but i don't know how do it. > I installed kernel package 2.6.18 from Debian distribution but after > reboot accured "kernel panic" (d

Re: Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2007-06-27 Thread Qnick
dist-upgrade passed successfully and i have Debian Etch despite that box had kernel 2.4. I wanted install kernel 2.6.18 from distribution but "kernel panic" error displayed. Douglas Allan Tutty napisa (a): > On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 07:50:45AM -, Qnick wrote: > > I h

Re: Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2007-06-27 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 07:50 +, Qnick wrote: > I have a box ((Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX300 S3) within Debian 4.0 > "Etch" and 2.4.31 kernel . > I very want upgrade it to kernel 2.6.21 but i don't know how do it. > I installed kernel package 2.6.18 from Debian distribution but after > reboot

Re: Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2007-06-27 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 07:50:45AM -, Qnick wrote: > I have a box ((Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX300 S3) within Debian 4.0 > "Etch" and 2.4.31 kernel . > I very want upgrade it to kernel 2.6.21 but i don't know how do it. How did you manage to install Etch without udev and with a 2.4 kernel? F

Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2007-06-27 Thread Qnick
I have a box ((Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX300 S3) within Debian 4.0 "Etch" and 2.4.31 kernel . I very want upgrade it to kernel 2.6.21 but i don't know how do it. I installed kernel package 2.6.18 from Debian distribution but after reboot accured "kernel panic" (don't detect scsi megaraid). Afte

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2006-01-17 Thread seeker5528
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:53:44 -0400 Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At last! > Not only am I not inebriated, but I remembered where I read what I > based my missive on. :-) > > http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/man/README/README.ATAPI > > An extract from which goes as follows: >

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2006-01-16 Thread Greg
Joris Huizer wrote: Greg wrote: which device do you write to ? (there's a reason I ask, I'll elucidate when sober...^hic)};) I call cdrecord as follows: cdrecord --force dev=ATA:1,0,0 that means, the ATA:1,0,0 device hmm, as I think of that, I guess that's a scsi naming scheme; I think I

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2006-01-16 Thread Joris Huizer
Greg wrote: which device do you write to ? (there's a reason I ask, I'll elucidate when sober...^hic)};) I call cdrecord as follows: cdrecord --force dev=ATA:1,0,0 that means, the ATA:1,0,0 device hmm, as I think of that, I guess that's a scsi naming scheme; I think I read writing to /dev/

Re: Re: update kernel 2.4

2006-01-16 Thread Feunteun
Message a Alain Blanchetot qui n’a rien a voir avec la génétique   Alain – est-tu l’Alain que j’ai connu à Evry et qui était marié avec ma meilleure amie Mimi. Si c’est le cas, réponds moi, je serais ravie d’avoir de tes nouvelles. Nous parlons quelquefois de toi avec Mimi, et nous rappel

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2006-01-15 Thread Greg
Joris Huizer wrote: Greg wrote: Seeker5528 wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:17:50 -0400 > Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>Don't you think it would be more confusing to tell people that SCSI >>>emulation was built in to ide-cd. If you tell them that then they will >>>be expecting

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2006-01-15 Thread Joris Huizer
Greg wrote: Seeker5528 wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:17:50 -0400 > Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>Don't you think it would be more confusing to tell people that SCSI >>>emulation was built in to ide-cd. If you tell them that then they will >>>be expecting to have srX devices for

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2006-01-15 Thread Greg
Seeker5528 wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:17:50 -0400 > Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>Don't you think it would be more confusing to tell people that SCSI >>>emulation was built in to ide-cd. If you tell them that then they will >>>be expecting to have srX devices for their drives >> >>1)

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2006-01-14 Thread Seeker5528
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:17:50 -0400 Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't you think it would be more confusing to tell people that SCSI > > emulation was built in to ide-cd. If you tell them that then they will > > be expecting to have srX devices for their drives > > 1) I have symlinks: > [EM

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2006-01-14 Thread Greg
Seeker5528 wrote: On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:32:17 -0400 Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My experience, FWIW, Simply put: In kernel 2.4, ide-scsi module, we got used to the scsi-emulation concept. Whereas, In kernel 2.6, we were (somewhat confusingly, IMO) told the above, i.e.:

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2006-01-13 Thread Seeker5528
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:32:17 -0400 Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My experience, FWIW, Simply put: > > In kernel 2.4, ide-scsi module, we got used to the scsi-emulation concept. > > Whereas, > > In kernel 2.6, we were (somewhat confusingly, IMO) told the above,

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2006-01-08 Thread Richard Lyons
On Thursday, 5 January 2006 at 16:32:17 -0400, Greg wrote: > > > > > My experience, FWIW, Simply put: > > In kernel 2.4, ide-scsi module, we got used to the scsi-emulation concept. > > Whereas, > > In kernel 2.6, we were (somewhat confusingly, IMO) told the a

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2006-01-05 Thread Greg
recaution of setting a very low speed, just in case. My experience, FWIW, Simply put: In kernel 2.4, ide-scsi module, we got used to the scsi-emulation concept. Whereas, In kernel 2.6, we were (somewhat confusingly, IMO) told the above, i.e.: "SCSI emulation is not required in v2.6.&

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2006-01-01 Thread Richard Lyons
On Friday, 30 December 2005 at 21:55:27 -0700, Jules Dubois wrote: > On Friday 30 December 2005 09:24, Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > On Thursday, 29 December 2005 at 22:12:26 -0700, Jules Dubois wrote: > > [...] > >> SCSI emulation is not required in v2.6.

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2005-12-31 Thread Jules Dubois
On Friday 30 December 2005 09:24, Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Thursday, 29 December 2005 at 22:12:26 -0700, Jules Dubois wrote: > [...] >> SCSI emulation is not required in v2.6. > > I keep reading this, but xcdroast and so on still complain every time > th

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2005-12-30 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 04:24:07PM +, Richard Lyons wrote: > I keep reading this, but xcdroast and so on still complain every time > that I should use SCSI emulation even though the kernel is 2.6.x. Is > some other adjustment or setting needed instead? In the past, people on this list have s

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2005-12-30 Thread Richard Lyons
On Thursday, 29 December 2005 at 22:12:26 -0700, Jules Dubois wrote: [...] > SCSI emulation is not required in v2.6. I keep reading this, but xcdroast and so on still complain every time that I should use SCSI emulation even though the kernel is 2.6.x. Is some other adjustment or setting needed

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2005-12-29 Thread Chinook
Jules Dubois wrote: On Thursday 29 December 2005 20:56, Chinook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: For current stable kernel 2.4.27 it gives instructions on how to setup an ATAPI CD-RW/DVD+-RW recorder on Debian. Trouble is they include lilo and I'm using grub. Then below it say

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2005-12-29 Thread Jules Dubois
On Thursday 29 December 2005 20:56, Chinook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > For current stable kernel 2.4.27 it gives instructions on how to setup > an ATAPI CD-RW/DVD+-RW recorder on Debian. Trouble is they include lilo > and I'm using grub. Then below it says (I think) that

kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2005-12-29 Thread Chinook
I have two optical devices in internal bays. ATAPI CD-R/RW 32X10 T.GA (/dev/hdc, ) at /media/cdrom0 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM][Error] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R16; RAW/R96R] ATAPI PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-103 1.90 (/dev/hdd, ) at /media/cdrom1 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R] [Error] [SAO; TAO] Even

Re: kernel 2.4 -> 2.6 upgrading procedure

2005-09-05 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/6/05, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: David Niemi wrote:> Bob Proulx wrote:> > In the future when you install Debian it is highly recommended to> > install using the linux 2.6 kernel instead of the 2.4 kernel.  Yes, I>> Wasn't obvious when I read through the install instructions :) Yes. 

Re: kernel 2.4 -> 2.6 upgrading procedure

2005-09-05 Thread Bob Proulx
David Niemi wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > In the future when you install Debian it is highly recommended to > > install using the linux 2.6 kernel instead of the 2.4 kernel. Yes, I > > Wasn't obvious when I read through the install instructions :) Yes. Agreed. Grumble, grumble. In the future

Re: kernel 2.4 -> 2.6 upgrading procedure

2005-09-05 Thread David Niemi
On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 12:13 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > David Niemi wrote: > > Yub, another Debian noobie here. > > Welcome! > > When I installed the 2.4.27 XX kernel was installed but I'd like to > > go up to the 2.6.8-11-emt64t-p4-smp kernel as I've got a dual Xeon > > emt64 3.2Ghz system. > >

Re: kernel 2.4 -> 2.6 upgrading procedure

2005-09-05 Thread Bob Proulx
David Niemi wrote: > Yub, another Debian noobie here. Welcome! > I am also running Fedora 4 i386_64 and this is my first install of > Debian a couple days ago using a DVD from the magazine Linux Format. > When I installed the 2.4.27 XX kernel was installed but I'd like to > go up to the 2.6.8-11-

kernel 2.4 -> 2.6 upgrading procedure

2005-09-05 Thread David Niemi
Yub, another Debian noobie here. I am also running Fedora 4 i386_64 and this is my first install of Debian a couple days ago using a DVD from the magazine Linux Format. When I installed the 2.4.27 XX kernel was installed but I'd like to go up to the 2.6.8-11-emt64t-p4-smp kernel as I've got a dua

Re: upgrade from kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2005-08-26 Thread Tong
Thanks everyone for the reply. I installed kernel-image-2.6.11 in Debian Testing. > I want to upgrade my kernel from 2.4 to 2.6. Yeah, I know the simple > answer is install the 2.6 kernel and boot into it. It actually *IS*. > For me particularly, I use SCSI emulation for my CDs in k

Re: upgrade from kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2005-08-26 Thread Kai Grossjohann
Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > apt-get install kernel-2.6, for stable > in unstable (and poss.testing) renamed to sometihng else, do dpkg -l > '*kernel*' In unstable, it's linux-image instead of kernel-image, linux-headers instead of kernel-headers, and so on. Kai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: upgrade from kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2005-08-25 Thread Jon Dowland
On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 06:12:19PM -0400, Tong wrote: > Another thing about kernel. Say I know a very cool kernel that has all > nice features built within, will just grab it and boot into it works in > Debian? I presume that lots of dependencies would be broken, wouldn't it? > What is the right

Re: upgrade from kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2005-08-25 Thread Michael Spang
Tong wrote: Hi, I want to upgrade my kernel from 2.4 to 2.6. Yeah, I know the simple answer is install the 2.6 kernel and boot into it. But I'm thinking, it might be more than that. For me particularly, I use SCSI emulation for my CDs in kernel 2.4. (I know I shouldn't but

upgrade from kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2005-08-25 Thread Tong
Hi, I want to upgrade my kernel from 2.4 to 2.6. Yeah, I know the simple answer is install the 2.6 kernel and boot into it. But I'm thinking, it might be more than that. For me particularly, I use SCSI emulation for my CDs in kernel 2.4. (I know I shouldn't but the ATAPI interface d

Re: Sarge, kernel 2.4 versus 2.6, issues: random boot, sound, usb

2005-08-24 Thread Haines Brown
On issue 2, I discovered the hard way that if I have USB boot support set up in BIOS, and try to boot with an USB device connected, it gets me into trouble. -- Haines Brown KB1GRM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Sarge, kernel 2.4 versus 2.6, issues: random boot, sound, usb

2005-08-23 Thread Torfinn Ottesen
USB, when this device is plugged in. The boot process is as fast as expected when unplugging this device prior to boot. Issue 3: Using Gnome desktop (Sarge), with kernel 2.4 I have sound on all the desktop sound applications, those that I have tried: rhythmbox, xmms, totem and vcl, see the follow

strange iptables behaviour after upgrading Sarge to Etch and kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2005-06-27 Thread Bernd Prager
Hi, After upgrade from Sarge to Etch my old iptables script suddenly causes some strange behaviour. I can't access https web pages from my internal network anymore. It seems that the masquerading into my local subnet somehow prevents https packets coming through. I get perfect https communication

Kernel 2.4 obsolete packages

2005-06-24 Thread Bill Wohler
I removed the kernel-image-2.4 and related packages. By related, I mean "kernel-*-2.4*". However, are there other now obsolete packages I can remove? For example, I've already removed devfsd (in favor of udev). Can I remove modutils? Are there other packages I can remove? -- Bill

Re: does kernel 2.4 support scsi AC-520A

2004-11-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 16:54 -0800, j smith wrote: > i have a ISA scsi card, the model name is AC-520A, the > chipset is adaptec AIC-6360L, does kernel 2.4 support > it? Thanks! Have you googled? -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jeff

does kernel 2.4 support scsi AC-520A

2004-11-21 Thread j smith
i have a ISA scsi card, the model name is AC-520A, the chipset is adaptec AIC-6360L, does kernel 2.4 support it? Thanks! __ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Kernel 2.4

2004-11-21 Thread Cousin Stanley
| Oh, sorry. I misunderstood your question | and can't help on the 2.6 issue. Ralph No problem My question maybe could have been worded a bit better in general Are internet connection problems with common NICs that function well under kernel 2.4 but fail

Re: Re: Kernel 2.4

2004-11-21 Thread Ralph Katz
Oh, sorry. I misunderstood your question and can't help on the 2.6 issue. Still, starting a new thread with a more specific subject may get you better responses. All the logs are in /var/log, so looking there for your 2.6 sessions' problems may be instructive. Good luck! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Kernel 2.4

2004-11-20 Thread Cousin Stanley
| You could say more about your connectivity problem | in a new thread for this subject. Ralph Thanks for the reply I hadn't intended to try and diagnose specific problems at this time, since I'm using 2.4.27 and only contemplating moving on up to 2.6 and wondering about connectio

Re: Re: Kernel 2.4

2004-11-20 Thread Ralph Katz
On 11/20/2004 08:00 AM, Cousin Stanley wrote: [...] > Although many reasons for upgrading 2.4 to 2.6 > seem compelling to me, internet connectivity problems > on the 5.5 year-old machine I use with 2.6 kernels > and an early version of Mandrake 10 and also > with the Knoppix 3.4 CD and HD

Re: Kernel 2.4

2004-11-20 Thread Cousin Stanley
| | Andreas Thanks for posting the above link entailing Linux kernel 2.6 advantages, changes, problems, etc. I'm relatively new to Linux, only 3.5 months with Debian Sarge using kernel 2.4.27, have been curious about

Re: Kernel 2.4

2004-11-19 Thread Michael Spang
Andreas Janssen wrote: Almost all other mainstream distibutions (Mandrake, Slackware, Fedora, SuSE) install 2.6 by default. Knoppix comes with kernel 2.6 (although you may have to activate it using a boot option). Debian Sarge comes with kernel 2.6 (although I think right now the default installati

Re: Kernel 2.4

2004-11-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Joao Clemente (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I would ask the same question Michael did, but the other way around: > Why should I update to 2.6 when I'm perfectly happy with my 2.4 > kernel? My hardware is completely supported at this moment, so what > features (non-hardware-support-related)

Re: Kernel 2.4

2004-11-19 Thread Joao Clemente
Andreas Janssen wrote: Hello Michael Spang (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: Although this questionis not specific to Debian, it is relevant and I figure someone here has the answer. Why is the Linux community so opposed to moving to Kernel 2.6? Is 2.4 really that much more stable? Familiar? Upgrading

Re: Kernel 2.4

2004-11-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Michael Spang (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Although this questionis not specific to Debian, it is relevant and I > figure someone here has the answer. Why is the Linux community so > opposed to moving to Kernel 2.6? Is 2.4 really that much more stable? > Familiar? Upgrading to much troubl

Kernel 2.4

2004-11-18 Thread Michael Spang
Although this questionis not specific to Debian, it is relevant and I figure someone here has the answer. Why is the Linux community so opposed to moving to Kernel 2.6? Is 2.4 really that much more stable? Familiar? Upgrading to much trouble? Too many things changed too much? I think not--the o

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-24 Thread John L Fjellstad
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I will consider upgrading the kernel but it may take a while on dialup! I feel your pain, since I'm in your situation. What I do is I downloaded the mainline kernel once and kernel-package package. From there on, I only download the patch for the new ver

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-23 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:27:03AM +0200, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Running 2.6.7 on my server. Make sure that /sys/class/ppp/ppp gets > >> created (it has everything to do with sysfs and not udev actually). > >> > > I run Linux debian 2.6.4-1-386 #

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-23 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:24:10AM +0200, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > M ppp c 108 0 > > That's just creating the ppp node manually. Udev should create > automatically without any rules as long as it shows up in the /sys > filesystem. > > -- Hi John, y

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-23 Thread John L Fjellstad
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Running 2.6.7 on my server. Make sure that /sys/class/ppp/ppp gets >> created (it has everything to do with sysfs and not udev actually). >> > I run Linux debian 2.6.4-1-386 #1 Sat Mar 13 17:49:12 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux > debian bin. kernel and udev >

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-23 Thread John L Fjellstad
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > M ppp c 108 0 That's just creating the ppp node manually. Udev should create automatically without any rules as long as it shows up in the /sys filesystem. -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes --

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-22 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 08:29:35AM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Saturday 21 August 2004 16:58, Kevin Mark wrote: > > I run Linux debian 2.6.4-1-386 #1 Sat Mar 13 17:49:12 EST 2004 i686 > > GNU/Linux debian bin. kernel and udev > > ii udev 0.030-1/dev/ management daemon > > pa

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-22 Thread Alan Chandler
On Saturday 21 August 2004 16:58, Kevin Mark wrote: > I run Linux debian 2.6.4-1-386 #1 Sat Mar 13 17:49:12 EST 2004 i686 > GNU/Linux debian bin. kernel and udev > ii udev 0.030-1/dev/ management daemon > package. > I did 'find /sys |grep ppp' and it got: > /sys/cdev/major/ppp >

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 02:02:41PM +0200, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > this may be unrelated, but I started using 2.6 and recently added UDEV. > > UDEV at the current time does not make a /dev/ppp, so I have to manually > > use MKNOD to create this before

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-21 Thread John L Fjellstad
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > this may be unrelated, but I started using 2.6 and recently added UDEV. > UDEV at the current time does not make a /dev/ppp, so I have to manually > use MKNOD to create this before I can dial with my modem. Which udev version is this, because I use the ori

Re: Help requested: DMA, Seagate ST340014A, Kernel 2.4

2004-08-19 Thread John Summerfield
Richard Cobbe wrote: Lo, on Sunday, August 15, James Vahn did write: Didn't know about lspci; thanks. If I'm reading the output correctly, though, I'm not using a VIA IDE interface: [nanny-ogg:~/mail/.spools]$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]: Unknown device 700c (rev 11)

Re: Help requested: DMA, Seagate ST340014A, Kernel 2.4

2004-08-19 Thread John Summerfield
Rthoreau wrote: Richard Your lspci listing should not contain any unknown devices, for example below is my listing for my MP 2460. It really does not matter. All it means is the device is not in the PCI utilities database. -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Help requested: DMA, Seagate ST340014A, Kernel 2.4

2004-08-16 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Monday, August 16, Rthoreau did write: > > Date: Yesterday 14:49:47 > > > Lo, on Sunday, August 15, Richard Cobbe did write: > > >> The computer did come with a PCI IDE controller card (the "unknown mass > >> storage controller" line above) that has another two controllers on it. > >> I h

Re: Help requested: DMA, Seagate ST340014A, Kernel 2.4

2004-08-16 Thread Rthoreau
> Date: Yesterday 14:49:47 > Lo, on Sunday, August 15, Richard Cobbe did write: >> The computer did come with a PCI IDE controller card (the "unknown mass >> storage controller" line above) that has another two controllers on it. >> I haven't yet tried switching controllers to see if that helps a

Re: Help requested: DMA, Seagate ST340014A, Kernel 2.4

2004-08-16 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Sunday, August 15, Rthoreau did write: > I have used ext3, and assume you are using ext2, what kernel > parameters are you pasing to the kernel? Yes, ext2, although I'd be surprised if that makes a difference. As far as kernel parameters, the only one I'm using that looks at all relevant

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-15 Thread Dan Jacobson
e.d/alsa /etc/was-modprob.d-alsa OK, ppp works now on kernel 2.6. I can play music too. I was able to remove kernel 2.4 and the 2.4 alsa modules. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Help requested: DMA, Seagate ST340014A, Kernel 2.4

2004-08-15 Thread Rthoreau
> Date: Today 09:04:28 > > Greetings, all. > > I'm running Debian stable, and I've been running the 2.2 kernel series > for some time now, because I've never had very good luck getting DMA to > work for my hard drive under the 2.4 series. However, with sarge's > release appearing increasingly immi

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