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  • From: "Jose Bernardo Silva" <jbs AT bandos.homelinux.com>
  • To: John T Copeland <johnc AT neto.com>
  • Cc: Grimoire <sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire] 2.5 / 2.6 kernels
  • Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:11:02 +0000

I went back to 2.4.21 (with a few patches). I had devfsd always complaining of
a missing /etc/modprobe.devfs, and I couldn't find any reference to the syntax
of that one. That and the konsole error (besides the one that append
"boot=..." fixes), have kept me at 2.4.21.

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---------- Original Message -----------
From: John T Copeland <johnc AT neto.com>
To: Jose Bernardo Silva <jbs AT bandos.homelinux.com>
Cc: Grimoire <sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 10:38:53 -0500
Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire] 2.5 / 2.6 kernels

> Jose Bernardo Silva wrote:
>
> >>Another point guys for module loading. The new modprobe uses
> >>/etc/modprobe.conf not /etc/modules.conf. The syntax appears the
> >>same so a "cp" should work. THIS FROM THE KERNEL MAILING LISTS. JohnC
> >>
> >>
> >
> >You should use "/sbin/generate-modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf" to
> >generate
> >modprobe.conf form your /etc/modules and your /det/modules.conf.
> >
> >Right now I can boot into 2.6.0-test1 with devfsd if I pass
> >"boot=/dev/discs/disc0/part3" in the append line, besides having it set in
> >lilo. Don't ask me why this works... My problem now is konsole failing to
> >load, and the touchpad (a synaptics one) not working... A strace konsole
> >should help on the fist problem, on the second I have no idea, because a
> >/dev/psaux exists.
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> >
> >
> >
> Yeah, I found /sbin/generate-modprobe.conf after my last post. I
> have also had the konsole failing to load. It loads and then
> disappears. After I did a complete reinstall(copied my working
> system partition to a "2.6.x partition") and resetup 2.6.0-test1,
> konsole is OK. Note the the new install is all compiled with gcc
> 3.2.3 while I had rebuilt the the previous 2.6.x partition with gcc
> 3.3.0. I had all kinds of problems with the 3.3.0, many spells
> would not compile, some due to 2.6.x kernel headers and some I guess
> because of gcc 3.3.0. I am staying with 3.2.3 for awhile, and not
> rebuilding with the 2.6.x kernel, just playing with
> 2.6.x until the official release. JohnC
------- End of Original Message -------





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