[lug] new kernel for alpha box

[Sexton, George]

I tried putzing with the various AGP options. There are a ton of them. I
just couldn't seem to get a valid configuration. Perhaps I'll retry.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
Behalf Of D. Stimits
Sent: 03 October, 2002 10:18 PM
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: Re: [lug] new kernel for alpha box


Sexton, George wrote:
> My only suggestion would be to make sure you keep a copy of the previous
> kernel around.

I personally keep the install kernel as an alternate boot just for
comparisons, so I second that idea.

>
> I compiled 2.4.19 on my alpha, and it works but when I run X, the display
is
> hosed. I haven't had time to sort it out yet.

If X display fails when changing kernels, it is most likely due to
having AGP features or hardware accel features in one but not the other.
I recommend you look at the module list in the kernel that works while
X11 runs, and in the one that fails (lsmod). See if in the failing one
you can insmod any AGP module that the working kernel uses, but from the
failing kernel.

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
> Behalf Of j davis
> Sent: 03 October, 2002 9:02 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] new kernel for alpha box
>
>
> Hello,
> I would like to update the kernel on my aspen systems alpha box. Its
running
> rh 7.1 alpha right now with the stock kernel. Can i just grab a kernel
from
> kernel.org and compile it? Is it a bad idea not to use the stock kernel
that
> comes
> with a distro? If not i would like to use 2.4.19.. This will be a server
> that
> will host at least 35 domains so....and do sendmail..so do yall think it
> would
> be ok?
>

I know nothing about alphas, but I can tell you now that if you don't
recompile a kernel from default, you are tempting fate...features you
don't need will be there (security risk), and when you do find a reason
you need to do anything in any way other than what the stock kernel
does, you'll have to compile anyway.

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi.com

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