-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-12-14 at 06:31 -0600, M Harris wrote:

I have an HP notebook running the boxed set openSUSE 10.0

I would like to upgrade the kernel *only* (modules, etc) without reinstalling openSUSE. Can this be done easily?

openSUSE 10.0 was to be discontinued this last November, there will be no more updates. After the last update and the official announcement (which has not been published yet, AFAIK), you are on your own if you still want to maintain it. Aside from that, of course you can update the kernel, using the customary YOU procedure - but not for long with that distro version. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHYs83tTMYHG2NR9URAmiSAJ4moigsy7kackQQP6nThUrF4F+MgACeK1/F MhZ3V+drg7W/TOADVVxixRE= =2LCH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

M Harris wrote:

I have an HP notebook running the boxed set openSUSE 10.0

I would like to upgrade the kernel *only* (modules, etc) without reinstalling openSUSE. Can this be done easily?

Thanks

=== You can download a kernel from kernel.org and buildl it 'anytime'. I almost always convert my distributions to a stock-vanilla kernel (despite the increasing "gotcha's" in 10.2 & 10.3 as SuSE engages in the "Extend" part of "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish..." (so many suse rc-scripts don't even check to see if a module's functionality is already loaded before doing a modprobe. It's not usually fatal, but you do get a few 'module not found' and "can't determine symbols for module 'xxx'" during boot, building and 'initramfs' creation. If you don't use or don't care about the SuSE-specific kernel addins or modifications, it's not too difficult to use "/proc/config.gz" to be a starting point for a kernel ".config" file. Copy it into an unpacked linux kernel of your choice and do a "make oldconfig". The closer the version you choose to upgrade to, the better chances of it "just working". I don't remember what suse10.0 had for a kernel or what extras were in it -- but it might be possible to find 'current' patches. For a conservative upgrade path, you might try going to the same vanilla linux kernel version, first, before trying an upgrade to a later kernel (assuming you are trying vanilla (meaning 'unpatched', or 'as downloaded' from kernel.org)). If you have no idea how to build a kernel, you might try getting one of the books on linux kernel development. You might try installing the kernel package from suse10.1 or suse10.2 and see what problems show up -- you might have to install or upgrade some packages to support the new kernel. Also, depending on how far you upgrade the kernel, you might need to upgrade 'util-linux' (which can have support tools needed for later kernels). Why are you trying to upgrade 'just the kernel'? Is there a specific problem you know will be fixed (or is fixed) in a later kernel? If you are wanting to play with current vanilla kernels, though, you'll have to learn how download, extract, configure and build. It's not rocket science, but it also doesn't always go smoothly. Some recent books are "Linux Kernel Development" 2nd Ed. by Robert Love (it's fairly readable, I thought) and "The Linux kernel Primer" (salzberg-rodriguez, fischer & smolski) which tends more toward details as accompanied by a code listing. It _might_ be a better text for someone new. Almost all things are possible given enough time and work. OTOH, if all you wanted to do was drain the swamp, being up to your *** in alligators may not be your cup of tea. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org