[opensuse] RPMs needed for kernel upgrade?
looking at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_Factory/x86_... in the hopes of getting some unrecognized hardware running. What packages there need I install, besides the source one? default? vanilla? syms? I plan on (re-) installing the NVIDIA drivers after the update, I assume it will work out as long as the source for the new kernel is installed (yes/no?) On a related note, has anyone had any issues with simply starting a kernel.org update with 'make cloneconfig; make oldconfig' ? I miss (in a way) the 2.2 & 2.4 days when I actually knew enough to configure a new kernel with everything built in and get it right without trouble. As always, TIA. Michael -- Michael Fischer michael@visv.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 21 October 2007 05:31:31 pm Michael Fischer wrote:
looking at
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_Factory/x86 _64/
in the hopes of getting some unrecognized hardware running.
What packages there need I install, besides the source one?
default? vanilla? syms?
I plan on (re-) installing the NVIDIA drivers after the update, I assume it will work out as long as the source for the new kernel is installed (yes/no?)
On a related note, has anyone had any issues with simply starting a kernel.org update with 'make cloneconfig; make oldconfig' ?
I miss (in a way) the 2.2 & 2.4 days when I actually knew enough to configure a new kernel with everything built in and get it right without trouble.
As always, TIA.
Michael -- Michael Fischer michael@visv.net
Hey Michael, It is pretty simple to install your own Kernel, esp. using the HEAD repo.. Add the following to your YaST Repositories: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_Factory/ http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/KMP/openSUSE_Factory_KOTD_... Download your respective Linux NVIDIA Driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html (You'll want to keep this around since you'll have to recompile when you do Kernel updates. Update your Kernel, when you reboot.. go into run level 3 and install the nvidia drivers using: http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html Also, yes I've used the Vanilla Kernels from Kernels.org .. But no reason with the HEAD Build Service up for the 2.6.23 Kernel.. (I had previous done it the day the new Kernel came out). Good luck on your "Unrecognized Hardware" Ben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, Oct 21, Ben Kevan wrote:
Hey Michael,
It is pretty simple to install your own Kernel, esp. using the HEAD repo..
Add the following to your YaST Repositories: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_Factory/ http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/KMP/openSUSE_Factory_KOTD_...
Problem is... I don't want to run into the side effect of having my kernel *replaced*. I want to install a second one. Not sure if the replacement misbehavior is a speciality of zypper, or of Yast as well, but best to play safe. I meant to install the rpms by means of cli "rpm -i ...." Thanks. Michael -- Michael Fischer michael@visv.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 22 October 2007 01:49:46 am Michael Fischer wrote:
On Sun, Oct 21, Ben Kevan wrote:
Hey Michael,
It is pretty simple to install your own Kernel, esp. using the HEAD repo..
Add the following to your YaST Repositories: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_Factory/ http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/KMP/openSUSE_Factory_KO TD_HEAD/
Problem is... I don't want to run into the side effect of having my kernel *replaced*. I want to install a second one.
Not sure if the replacement misbehavior is a speciality of zypper, or of Yast as well, but best to play safe. I meant to install the rpms by means of cli "rpm -i ...."
Thanks.
Michael -- Michael Fischer michael@visv.net
Hi Michael, No problem at all then, I've done this on many machines to test kernels etc. You can just download the needed RPMS (I guess that was your original question) from: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_Factory/ The only required is the one that goes with your architecture (ie. mine is i586), so I would download the default.i586, I would also download the kernel-source package since I need to compile some things including VMWare. If you have any hardware that relies an non-oss KMP, then download the corresponding from: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/KMP/openSUSE_Factory_KOTD_... Just to kind of show you what you need, do a rpm -qa | grep kernel This will tell you what you have installed, and you'll just have to download the new version of those same things.. and install using sudo rpm -ivh kernel.... Just to demonstrate, I went ahead and did this on my machine.. now I show: rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-default-2.6.23.1-104.1 linux-kernel-headers-2.6.22-19 kernel-source-2.6.22.9-0.4 kernel-default-2.6.22.9-0.4 kernel-source-2.6.23.1-104.1 and kmp: rpm -qa | grep kmp iwlwifi-kmp-default-1.1.0_2.6.22.5_31-2 ipw3945-kmp-default-1.2.2_2.6.23.1_104.1-5.13 nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-default-100.14.19_2.6.22.5_30-1.1 ipw3945-kmp-default-1.2.2_2.6.22.5_31-5.18 Of course I had to install nvidia using the downloadable install script, but everything else went great. Cheers and good luck. Ben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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