> I used to download Bunk's stuff to get kernel 2.4.x.
bunk's packages are still available:
deb http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/debian potato main
> Now where can I find the deb packages with, for instance, kernel
> 2.4.18 (is out isn't it?)?
i usually download them using the forms at
http://www.deb
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 01:29:36AM -0400, Jason Boxman wrote:
> I have a 486 firewall myself. My connectivity on other machines more or less
> stops when I do things like run dpkg or the gShield firewall script
> (iptables) loads on it. Is this normal, or is it just my particular 486 33?
dpkg
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 02:09:10AM -0700, der.hans wrote:
| Am 08. Sep, 2001 schw?zte Rajesh Fowkar so:
|
| > What is this initrd ? Why it is required when kernel boots without it ?
|
| It's required for the kernel-image-2.4.x packages because they're being
| built with initrds. Actually, it's be
On Sat, 2001-09-08 at 15:59, dman wrote:
> Add 'devfs=mount' to your kernel command line and try again. Use the
> old-dev name for the root= argument though.
I'm getting there...
devfsd starts and hangs on "Creating extra device nodes...".
Looking at the script:
for i in `sed -e '/^#/d' $DEVFI
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 12:46:36AM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote:
| Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| > Brian Nelson wrote:
[...]
| > I have not found any reason to prefer make-kpkg over "make bzImage" and
| > manually installing the kernel image.
Just to be different :
| 1. You won't forg
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 01:29:36AM -0400, Jason Boxman wrote:
| On Sunday 09 September 2001 01:07 am, Nathan E Norman wrote:
| > On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 09:42:34PM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote:
| > > Nathan E Norman wrote:
|
| >
| > I maintain (more or less) four boxes ... a celeron (my home machine
On Sat, 2001-09-08 at 15:59, dman wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 10:05:33AM +0100, Ross Burton wrote:
> | Yes, it's me again.
> |
> | Once this is sorted I'll stop bugging you, I promise!
> |
> | Does the kernel-image for 2.4.x from unstable come with devfsd on? I
>
Am 08. Sep, 2001 schwäzte Craig Dickson so:
> I have not found any reason to prefer make-kpkg over "make bzImage" and
> manually installing the kernel image.
I've adminned many boxen with almost the same configuration. Also, my
firewall has no developer tools. kpkg actually doesn't help me much t
Am 08. Sep, 2001 schwäzte Rajesh Fowkar so:
> What is this initrd ? Why it is required when kernel boots without it ?
It's required for the kernel-image-2.4.x packages because they're being
built with initrds. Actually, it's because the module for the filesystems
are in the initrds and not built
Brian Nelson wrote:
> Yeah, those mysterious Debian developers do strange things to the
> source. Whatever could it be?
Now you're just being snide, which doesn't exactly contribute to the
civility factor of the discussion. Fortunately, I have better sense than
to respond in kind.
The point is,
Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 09:42:34PM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote:
> > Nathan E Norman wrote:
> >
> > > Once you manage more than one machine, you will find reasons to prefer
> > > kernel-package :)
> >
> > You mean, once I manage more than one machine that will run exactly
On Sunday 09 September 2001 01:07 am, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 09:42:34PM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote:
> > Nathan E Norman wrote:
>
> I maintain (more or less) four boxes ... a celeron (my home machine),
> an athlon (my work desktop), a 486 (my firewall), and a p90 (a server
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 09:42:34PM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Nathan E Norman wrote:
>
> > Once you manage more than one machine, you will find reasons to prefer
> > kernel-package :)
>
> You mean, once I manage more than one machine that will run exactly the
> same kernel. Right now, I have t
Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Brian Nelson wrote:
>
> > Why not just download the kernel-source package? Similar to the
> > vanilla ones, but usually with a few patches applied.
>
> That's exactly why not. I'd rather have a vanilla Linus kernel source
> tree to which I can apply p
Nathan E Norman wrote:
> Once you manage more than one machine, you will find reasons to prefer
> kernel-package :)
You mean, once I manage more than one machine that will run exactly the
same kernel. Right now, I have two Debian boxes, but one is a P3 running
Sid (kernel 2.4.9) and the other is
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 01:55:41PM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote:
> I have not found any reason to prefer make-kpkg over "make bzImage" and
Once you manage more than one machine, you will find reasons to prefer
kernel-package :)
--
Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better
Microm
On Saturday 08 September 2001 04:55 pm, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Brian Nelson wrote:
>
> > The package
> > installs the bzip2'ed source in /usr/src. Just tar -jxf it, configure
> > with 'make menuconfig' or whatever, and then build a custom
> > kernel-image package with 'make-kpkg kernel_image'.
>
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 01:55:41PM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Brian Nelson wrote:
>
> > Why not just download the kernel-source package? Similar to the
> > vanilla ones, but usually with a few patches applied.
>
> That's exactly why not. I'd rather have a vanilla Linus kernel source
> tree to
Brian Nelson wrote:
> Why not just download the kernel-source package? Similar to the
> vanilla ones, but usually with a few patches applied.
That's exactly why not. I'd rather have a vanilla Linus kernel source
tree to which I can apply patches without worrying about whether they'll
conflict wi
Am 08. Sep, 2001 schwäzte dman so:
> If you compile your kernel without initrd support then you don't need
> an initrd. The stock kernels need the initrd AFAIK. (Well, I didn't
> get it to work without it)
We keep saying stock kernels. It should be pointed out that we mean the
kernel-image* pac
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 10:53:19PM +, Rajesh Fowkar wrote:
| Matt Jones saw fit to inform me that:
| >>>| Could you please explain straightforwardly, step by step how you
| >>>| compiled your kernel?
| >
| >Make sure you enable initrd when you are doing the xconfig. It is not
| >something tha
Matt Jones saw fit to inform me that:
>>>| Could you please explain straightforwardly, step by step how you
>>>| compiled your kernel?
>
>Make sure you enable initrd when you are doing the xconfig. It is not
>something that stands out greatly and I missed it a few times. After
>enabling the init
John Toon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Saturday 08 September 2001 10:05 am, Ross Burton wrote:
>
> Personally I would always recommend downloading yourself a vanilla 2.4.x
> kernel tarball from http://www.kernel.org. With kernels, this is one of the
> few areas where I think it is better to
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 10:05:33AM +0100, Ross Burton wrote:
| Yes, it's me again.
|
| Once this is sorted I'll stop bugging you, I promise!
|
| Does the kernel-image for 2.4.x from unstable come with devfsd on? I
^
devfsd and devfs
On Saturday 08 September 2001 10:05 am, Ross Burton wrote:
> Yes, it's me again.
>
> Once this is sorted I'll stop bugging you, I promise!
>
> Does the kernel-image for 2.4.x from unstable come with devfsd on? I
> tried mounting a zip disk (external ppa) and the device was
> /dev/scsi/0/... not /
From: dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: debian-user
CC: Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.x woes
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 13:44:32 -0400
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 05:40:01PM +, Vittorio wrote:
| Ross Burton [debian-user] <06/09/01 21:45 +0100>:
| > Hi,
|
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 05:40:01PM +, Vittorio wrote:
| Ross Burton [debian-user] <06/09/01 21:45 +0100>:
| > Hi,
| >
| > After noticing (thanks!) that kernel 2.4.x uses an initrd image I
| > managed to make it boot my Sid systems.
| >
| I wonder if you can help me.
|
| In a previous post of
Ross Burton [debian-user] <06/09/01 21:45 +0100>:
> Hi,
>
> After noticing (thanks!) that kernel 2.4.x uses an initrd image I
> managed to make it boot my Sid systems.
>
I wonder if you can help me.
In a previous post of mine I've detailed the problems I met in compiling kernel
2.4.9 but none t
On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 09:45:37PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote:
| Hi,
|
| After noticing (thanks!) that kernel 2.4.x uses an initrd image I
| managed to make it boot my Sid systems.
|
| 1. Why does it wait for 5 seconds? ("wait 5 seconds or press enter for a
| shell")?
No idea, but I'd like it if m
I know.
It is a personal workstation, and I am will fix the problem soon
--
Profanity is the one language all programmers know best.
Unknown
On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 01:51:20PM -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote:
|
| Something that seems odd:
|
| Documentation/Changes says to use gcc-2.91.66 but this old version isn't
| available as a Debian package!
Use 2.95. You shouldn't have any problems.
-D
Something that seems odd:
Documentation/Changes says to use gcc-2.91.66 but this old version isn't
available as a Debian package!
Quote:
Kernel compilation
==
GCC
---
The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your
computer.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Akintayo Holder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Oren Gozlan wrote:
>
>> any info about kernel 2.4.x ?
>> any one have tried it ?
>>
>> THNX
>>
>Yes, I tried it with testing and it messed up my modem config, it also does
>not
>
>allow my local filesystems to unmount
Daniel Kleine-Albers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|> i'm using it in conjunction with testing without _ANY_ problems
Also here. I've used 2.4.5, 2.4.7, 2.4.8, and 2.4.9 without problem on
a mostly testing system.
The only issue (as was pointed out to me here) is that 2.4.9 is really
designed to w
Subject: kernel 2.4.x
Date: Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 04:51:17PM -0400
In reply to:Oren Gozlan
Quoting Oren Gozlan([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> any info about kernel 2.4.x ?
> any one have tried it ?
Running 2.4.9 on 3 Potato boxes and 1 Woody box. No parobems.
If you try a google search
On Sunday 26 August 2001 01:51 pm, Oren Gozlan wrote:
> any info about kernel 2.4.x ?
> any one have tried it ?
>
Running 2.4.8 custom on sid right now. The stock kernel didn't work for me,
but the custom does. Works fine so far. I've been using the 2.4 series for a
while now and I haven't reall
On 26 Aug 2001 16:51:17 -0400, Oren Gozlan wrote:
> ** any info about kernel 2.4.x ?
> ** any one have tried it ?
I use kernel 2.4.x since 3 or 4 month, without any problems on potato.
There are some packeges to update, i taked from woody, to get a running
kernel 2.4.x. Modutils and ppp are nece
Oren Gozlan saw fit to inform me that:
>any info about kernel 2.4.x ?
>any one have tried it ?
Yes. I am at present on kernel 2.4.9 :-) What u want to know ?
( I am working on this kernel at home ).
Warm Regards
--
Ra
On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 04:51:17PM -0400, Oren Gozlan wrote:
| any info about kernel 2.4.x ?
| any one have tried it ?
I've got 2.4.8 on a testing system. It is the "stock" kernel that was
in sid a few weeks ago. It works great for me. devfs and USB is cool
too.
-D
On Sunday 26 August 2001 22:51, Oren Gozlan spoke wisely:
> any info about kernel 2.4.x ?
> any one have tried it ?
>
> THNX
i'm using it in conjunction with testing without _ANY_ problems
--
Daniel Kleine-Albers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> any info about kernel 2.4.x ?
> any one have tried it ?
Yeah, it made my OnStream tape backup unusable.
Robert S. Koss, Ph.D. | Training and Mentoring
Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design
Object Mentor, Inc. | C++, Java
www.objectmentor.com| Extreme Programming
On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 04:51:17PM -0400, Oren Gozlan wrote:
> any info about kernel 2.4.x ?
> any one have tried it ?
There is a ton of information on this in the archives. Also a couple
links from the debian site -
http://www.debian.org/News/2001/20010415
http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.ht
Oren Gozlan wrote:
any info about kernel 2.4.x ?
any one have tried it ?
THNX
Yes, I tried it with testing and it messed up my modem config, it also does not
allow my local filesystems to unmount at shutdown.
--
Work is a function of results, not effort
Unknown
people.debian.org/~bunk got great jobs for potato...
On 26 Aug 2001, Oren Gozlan wrote:
> any info about kernel 2.4.x ?
> any one have tried it ?
>
> THNX
>
>
> --
> -
> Oren Gozlan
> Mobixell Networks Inc.
> p: +972 9 776 0121
> f: + 972 9 740 7373
> c: +972 54 536 047
> www.
On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 07:11:25PM -0400, Bob Koss wrote:
> took me two tries (forgot to include vfat the first time), but the
> apt-get and make-kpkg utilities sure make this a lot easier than it
> used to be in RedHat!
Sir, your language!!!
:-)
--
Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan
> "Wayne" == Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> So, can I upgrade my kernel to 2.4.? Has anybody taken a newly
>> installed potato system and just upgraded the kernel to 2.4?
>> What headaches are in my future?
Wayne> I changed 4 boxen to 2.4.x. No worries.
Wayne>
Subject: kernel 2.4.x in potato?
Date: Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 09:53:12AM -0400
In reply to:Bob Koss
Quoting Bob Koss([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> I'm still trying to get my OnStream tape driving working in Debian. I
> was mistaken when I said that the driver was in the kernel. The driv
On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Norbert Nemec wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I've been using Kernel 2.4.x for quite a while now (2.4.4 at the moment) and
> it
> really works great, except for one last problem: At shutdown time, the
> machine
> complains that devfs can't be unmounted, because it is used (remount
On 09 Jul 2001, Wayne Topa wrote:
>
>
[snip]
> I have been running the 2.4.x kernels since 2.4.2, currently have
> 2.4.6 under test. No problems at all on any of the 2.4.x series.
> I have 2 other boxes running 2.4.5 but will upgrade then both in a
> few days.
>
> Don't know the oldest Linux
Dear Friends,
thank you very much indeed for all your valuable answers.
In this very moment on another console I'm just downloading the DEBs
of kernel 2.4.5 from Bunk stuff via apt-get dist-upgrade.
By the way, I didn't imagine to start that nice side-thread on the age
of Debian users which IMHO
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.x: The Mother of all the questions
Date: Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 11:15:29AM -0500
In reply to:olgnuby
Quoting olgnuby([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> Well, any way, it worked, and yes, like you, I maintain both kernels on
> the install. Just in case. Don&
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 11:56:20AM -0400, User zos wrote:
> Wow...I wish more older people were as tech savvy as you. I haven't been
> able to get my mother at age 43 to even adapt to Windows9x.
Just bide your time. At 40 my mom didn't touch the audio system as
she thought having to select the ra
The following is an excerpt from a message I was going to post the day
before I decided to go ahead and make the leap anyway. ;-)
--
OK! Deb. You win.
Been used to doing things my way all my life and a lot of time's I'm
used to doing things other Linux ways.
Taking a good laugh at my
Wow...I wish more older people were as tech savvy as you. I haven't been
able to get my mother at age 43 to even adapt to Windows9x.
I am using a "vanilla" Linux 2.4.5 kernel asides from making the necessary
updates on my potato distro. The good news is this. You can update
whatever distro you are
Thanks Charlie for your reply, and, by the way, I'm not that much
younger than you are (51) even though still in production :-)!
What I want (and I have now with kernel 2.2.19!) is a *STABLE* linux
laptop (a) to use also at work (b) to run hylafax as a server when it
is needed, (c) almost invariab
Victor wrote:
>
> Having a wonderfully stable debian 2.2r3 box with kernel 2.2.19
> compiled & tailored to my laptop's needs, I wonder if it is worth my
> while upgrading to kernel 2.4.5.
>
> My specific focus is on stability.
>
> What's your experience on this?
>
> Ciao
> Vittorio
I've seen t
On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 07:45:01PM +0200, Matthias Mann wrote:
> I had found a bug that is in kernel-2.4.1 and kernel-2.4.2.
I've been using 2.4.2-ac13, 2.4.2-ac28 and pretty much everything
in between on my Duron box. You might want to try a recent -ac.
Regards
Christian
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 04:12:19PM +0100, Bostjan Muller wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have just found out that latin2 (iso8859-2) characters are no longer
> displayed in console with kernel 2.4.1 :(((
> This is my setup:
>
> SCREEN_FONT=lat2u-16
> APP_CHARSET_MAP=iso02
> APP_CHARSET_MAP_vc2=user
> SCREEN_
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