On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 05:46:01PM -0500, Jay Estabrook wrote: > On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 01:51:45AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > As of two days ago, the debian-installer svn tree has been switched to use > > Linux 2.6.15 exclusively on alpha, instead of the previous 2.4.27. This > > means that with the most recent daily builds, all installer images for alpha > > are using 2.6 kernels *only*, and the current plan is that d-i beta2 will be > > the same. If you haven't tried 2.6 on your alpha yet, now would be a good > > time so you can let us know if it doesn't work before we drop 2.4 for etch > > completely. > Tried the netinstall CD from 02/07/06 on LX164, and found the following: > 1. installer used 2.6.15 kernel with LEGACY_START option > 2. installed kernel 2.4.27 with LEGACY_START option Right; Joey's fixes should take care of the latter soon enough, so that we get 2.6.15 instead. The LEGACY_START problem itself probably won't get fixed in time for beta2, but I look forward to having it resolved for etch. > 3. de4x5 driver chosen for the 21143-based DE500 NIC with the installed > kernel, instead of the tulip driver > IIRC, de4x5 can't do full duplex. But then again, de4x5 will work on > all (?) boxes, whereas tulip is known to fail on some (AS250/AS500). What PCI ID? On my own system, I have the problem that it doesn't auto-load *any* network driver, and I need to load de4x5 by hand. Still need to file a bug report about that. > 4. in xorg.conf, had to change the mouse to /dev/psaux. What was it set to before you changed it? I'm guessing something like /dev/input/mice? It's my understanding that in 2.6, PS/2 mice are supposed to be accessible using the generic input driver; if so, I guess this problem should go away automatically once we're installing 2.6.15? > 5. for Radeon 7500, drm looked OK in the log, but dmesg showed some > error that wasn't very helpful... Ok. If it's a kernel error, I guess that again we should try to debug this against the 2.6 kernel rather than against 2.4. > Otherwise, it all worked MUCH better than any previous Debian install > I've attempted, and was very usable after reboot. Hmm, considering how very little alpha-specific work has gone into this version, and the various hardware-related regressions that have plagued me with 2.6 on alpha, that's a pleasant surprise... :) Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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