On Sunday 18 February 2001 03:57, Mark Annandale wrote:
Hi Guys
My experience with 7.1 was similar. When installing using kernel 2.2.18 I was able to configure Xfree to work with my HP laptop.
When I got clever and decided to install 2.4 I couldn't get a working X configuration. Reinstalled (fresh Install) 2.2.18 and got my GUI back, no problem.
However this could also be my limited knowledge of Linux and if I understood the issues with 2.4 there may have been a simple fix.
But, as they say, If it aint broke, don't fix it.
Regards
Mark A.
Eh? You can install both kernels? Doesn't that mess up modutils and the
like? How stable is that?
As for the problems Ben experienced, I can't say too much. I was already trying to fix a problem with my X restarting. So I didn't have a known
good
system to start with.
Mark, Guess I should've been clearer on this. My X was hosed *before* I went to 2.4.2-pre3. I was hoping the new kernel would fix the problem, but it didn't. I will say my system seemed to boot faster with the new kernel, and I didn't notice any problems other than the aforementioned problem with sound modules. On laptops and Linux all I can say is, 'I saw a picture of it once.' Sorry I can't add too much on that one. Steve