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On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 14:51:00 -0700 (PDT) |
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maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Dude, your kernel is really old. We're on 2.6.19 or |
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> > 2.6.20 right now. |
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> > There were significant updates and bugfixes. Youve |
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> > got to update your |
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> > system. Why on earth is a new install getting |
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> > 2.6.12? |
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> So what? The Pentium III is older that the software. |
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but ... the isn't working properly. If I were attempting to make your |
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processor work differently, I would concede the point. But there's |
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many more requirements for a kernel than just supporting the processor |
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and other hardware. It also has to support software, namely in this |
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case udev. Not having proper udev support could certainly cause the |
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problems we're seeing here, don't you think? |
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> I don't need all the bells and whistles. Don't need X |
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> or gnome or even a mouse. |
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I'm kind of a minimalist too. _My_ laptop is a Pentium 166. |
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Nevertheless, I try to keep it up to date. 2.6.12 was a long |
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time ago -- http://kerneltrap.org/node/5308 dates it at about 20+ months |
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old, being from late june 2005. |
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> Also, upgrades are difficult here in the boonies. |
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> Modem speed is approx 28k. |
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I feel your pain. I was on dialup for a long time. I was actually |
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running a 2.4 kernel 8 months or so ago, and that was really outdated. |
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Getting it up to date was a real pain, and I wish I would have saved |
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myself the hassle and updated it regularly. That was a learning |
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experience; ) |
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> I got newer software on the working PC, 2.6.16, So |
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> it's not exactly bleeding edge but it works fine. |
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> I could transfer the newer stuff with ssh but that |
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> doesn't seem to be working either. |
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Probably a similar problem. Udev would be responsible for creating |
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network devices such as eth0 based on |
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> -mw |
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I agree that you never really need the latest and greatest. That's |
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especially true for hardware when you run gentoo. But software changes |
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quickly, unlike hardware, and is constantly improving. You don't |
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necessarily get bells and whistles, you get bug fixes and performance |
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enhancements as well. Bells and whistles can be left out of the kernel |
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easily enough. I guess you could count udev as a bell or whistle, in |
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which case you could always manage a static /dev by hand. I don't know |
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how to do this, or I probably would on my laptop. |
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Good luck with your /dev problems, and may the solutions be swift and |
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painless ; ) |
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-- Dan |
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