On Fri, 2002-01-11 at 08:11, Cassandra Lynette Ludwig wrote: > Erik, would you perhaps explain therefore to me why almost 60% of the > hardware in my laptop ceases to function if I run a 2.4 kernel, but work > flawlessly with a 2.2 kernel (2.2.20 basline debian is my currently > version). My experience with PCMCIA support in 2.4 kernels is also bad. I have a Toshiba Portege 3480CT. IDE controllers (Freecom cable and a CF adapter) worked perfectly under 2.2 (and still do under Win98), but lock my machine under 2.4. What I haven't tried yet is to build a 2.4 kernel without Cardbus support, then compile the external pcmcia-cs modules and see if that works. Apart from the pcmcia issues though, I prefer 2.4. When I switched to 2.4 (a while ago now), it gave me USB support, which was a big bonus. Lyndon -- Lyndon Drake <lyndon@cs.york.ac.uk> http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/~lyndon/ GPG key id: 77BE1B19 ICQ: 12558803 GSM: +44 7775 940 445 GPG key fingerprint: 639D 4803 006F 32CB 0F0D 701B 72CF C4AC 77BE 1B19
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