[cumbria_lug] 2.6 Kernel

[Adam Pigg]

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Initial impressions before i go out of the house are:

While playing mp3/ogg and compiling 4 parts of kde cvs in 4 konsole sessions 
and using pretty much 100% cpu constantly there is very little break up of 
the audio like there used to be in 2.4.  

If i drag a large window around the screen aswell then the audio does break 
up, but this is without preemt enabled, so i might rebuild with pre-empt 
enabled later, even though it may be a bit dodgy.

So, id say  it seems a bit better on the desktop than 2.4, but i havnt exactly 
exhaustively tested it.

Adam

On Saturday 29 November 2003 11:11, Adam Pigg wrote:
> Ive gone the same route, but maybe with a bit more success :)
>
> I started off with an rpm of test5....no video, but i ssh'd in from a
> windows box, edited my x config to use the standard nv driver, and i had X.
>  But now mouse.  I was busy so i gave up.
>
> Then downloaded an rpm of test9, even worse, no video and couldnt ssh in so
> gave up with that one.
>
> Then went for the biggie, got test11 source, configured it before going to
> bed and left it building over night.  Installed this morning.  Again no
> video and couldnt ssh in.  But i persisted this time.  Reconfigured kernel
> to have a vga console, and edited lilo to not use a vga mode.  Installed,
> booted and ........ i had the kernel output on screen atlast.  As it booted
> up the mandrake hardware thing fired up asking to select my mouse type, i
> guess this is where it was pausing at bootup, before sshd starts.
>
> Well, i got into x, but still no mouse.  Dropped to a console and typed
> 'modprobe uhci-hcd' and the light on my mouse lit up.  The names of some
> modules have changed in this version, which is why the standard init
> scripts cant load the right drivers (it used to be called just uhci).
>
> Sound worked fine, no extra configuration needed there.
>
> But i wanted more, i wanted 3d x.
>
> I downloaded the patch from www.minion.de, followed the instructions, and
> ended up with an nvidia.ko module.  Edit X config to load the accelerated
> driver, and it worked first time.
>
> So my clean mandrake 9.2 is now running:
> kernel 2.6.test11
> kde from cvs
> koffice from cvs
> mplayer built from source
> and numerous other source compiled sofware....and you know what, it feels
> good :)
>
> Here are some links for the brave:
> http://thomer.com/linux/migrate-to-2.6.html
> www.minion.de
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/799
>
> Enjoy
>
> Adam
>
> On Friday 28 November 2003 17:06, Schwuk wrote:
> > Well, I took the plunge and installed 2.6test11 on Fedora Core 1 last
> > night/today.
> >
> > I tried the RPM's from http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/ - they
> > installed flawlessly, but on rebooting, my NVidia driver failed (as I
> > expected it to). Unfortunately, recompiling the kernel module was not
> > straight forward. I followed the instructions at http://www.minion.de/
> > (involving patching & recompiling the driver), but still no dice. Further
> > down the page I noted a couple of warnings, in particular about arjanv's
> > kernels, so it was time to roll my own. After another brief hiccup (ran
> > out of disk space - d'oh!), I was up and running. Then I just has ALSA to
> > configure for my (thankfully standard) SB Live.
> >
> > So, now my once standard FC1 machine is running kernel 2.6test11, KDE 3.2
> > beta, and the FC testing updates! And still (surprisingly) fairly
> > stable...
> >
> > 2.6 has fixed my problems with my 3C905TX as well - kudzu plays happily
> > with it now.
> >
> > Next on the list? Another attempt at getting Kopete 8.0 beta running,
> > then trying KDE from cvs.
> >
> > Oh, and I'm going to ask Santa for a new machine, this one is too damn
> > slow at compiling! (Athlon 800 w/512MB)
> >
> > Cheers,

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