[lug] debian with 2.4 kernel

Hugh Brown hugh at math.byu.edu
Thu Oct 9 07:59:07 MDT 2003


On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 22:51, Peter Hutnick wrote:
> Hugh Brown said:
> 
> > I found 2.4.18-686, 2.4.16-686 and tried them both and it didn't work.
> > I also tried compiling one from the 2.4.18 kernel-source package and
> > turned off SMP and APIC, but I still get system freezes.
> 
> Does /anything/ work on this machine?  Windows?  Knoppix?  Your FSF
> Associate Member card?  (plug: http://member.fsf.org/)  Tom's Root-Boot?
> (http://www.toms.net/rb/)
> 
> -Peter
> 


Currently, I have Windows XP, Redhat 9 and debian with a 2.2 kernel
working.

I am trying to get a 2.4 kernel so that I can get my wireless card
working.  I also suspect that the NVIDIA drivers require a 2.4 kernel
(though the XFree86 shipped with RH 9 works fine for the video card).

Hugh




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