[lug] new kernel for alpha box

[D. Stimits]

Sexton, George wrote:
> 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.

I would start by going into the XF86Config-4 file, and finding the 
option to turn off AGP entirely. I think this depends on the video card 
and drivers being used, so I can't say offhand what the option is. If 
you get it stable with (a) AGP disabled and (b) OpenGL hardware accel 
disabled, then you can add them back in one at a time (start with AGP, 
consider getting 2x working before 4x).

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi.com

> 
> -----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
>