Re: wondershaper issue on Woody-30 stock kernel
david kwok <dkwok@iware.com.au> writes:
> stops all traffic. Kernel version 2.4.18
Very old kernel. Aren't there bugs and security holes in a kernel
that is that old?
> Per man page the command I used:
> wondershaper dev uplink downlink
> /sbin/wondershaper ppp0 106 106
that command line looks correct, if you have a 128K ckt perhaps
ISDN circuit.
> I now need to upgrade the kernel perhaps to 2.4.27-1-686. The machine
See below maybe you need to consider 2.6
> 2. Do I apt-get the needed modules, initrd-tools and modutils then
> apt-get kernel-image?
No, the whole point of apt is it resolves dependencies for you.
dpkg is what needs "manual" resolution of dependencies.
Just tell it to install the kernel and it'll figure out
what to do first.
> 3. When these steps are done, do I need to change content in
> /etc/lilo.conf to use the new kernel image.
Take a look at /etc/kern-img.conf and/or google for it.
The relevant line is probably "do_bootloader=yes"
I have used GRUB exclusively for many years now but
I recall LILO supported kern-img.conf
That will automatically update your lilo.
I seem to remember having to run some lilo command after
every kernel upgrade. Grub does not require that and provides
a cool menu system and command line to fix errors.
My last use of LILO was many years ago.
> 4. Any report on whether kernel-2.4.27-1 has any issue when using
> wondershaper?
I have never used it on anything older than a 2.6 kernel.
I've been running 2.6 for a very long time now and never
really considered when I made the wondershaper package
that someone would run unstable with such an old kernel, although
it is obviously possible.
I'm using stock Debian 2.6 kernels.
I'll have to give this a try.
Reply to: