Re: kernel upgrade questions

2005-11-26 Thread Mirko Parthey
On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 05:35:49PM -0500, David Zelinsky wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade the kernel from 2.4 to 2.6 on my Thinkpad. I'm > using custom built kernel rather than the stock debian kernel, since > the stock kernel doesn't have some features that I want. > > My question is how to deal w

Re: kernel upgrade questions

2005-11-25 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
David Zelinsky wrote: boot into the old 2.4 kernel and have everything work as before. Is there a way to have entries in these files be conditional on the kernel version? It looks like you can. /etc/modules.conf is automatically generated, so don't edit it directly. Instead, you manipulate

kernel upgrade questions

2005-11-23 Thread David Zelinsky
I'm trying to upgrade the kernel from 2.4 to 2.6 on my Thinkpad. I'm using custom built kernel rather than the stock debian kernel, since the stock kernel doesn't have some features that I want. My question is how to deal with all entries in /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modules that refer to module

Re: Kernel upgrade questions

1999-03-06 Thread Paul Miller
Christian Dysthe wrote: > > Hello Debian-user, > > 1. I have the stable Debian distr. set up running (kernel 2.0.34). Can get > the latest > kernel, compile it and install it on my system, or do I have to > upgrade other parts of my system as well? > You will need to upgrade to Slink (Debi

Kernel upgrade questions

1999-03-06 Thread Christian Dysthe
Hello Debian-user, 1. I have the stable Debian distr. set up running (kernel 2.0.34). Can get the latest kernel, compile it and install it on my system, or do I have to upgrade other parts of my system as well? 2. I have compiled sound card support for my Soundblaster card as a module on