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Re: Any gotchas with kernel 2.4.x and Debian?



On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Aaron Brashears wrote:

>I'd like to try out kernel 2.4.1 from unstable, but I wanted to know
>if there's anything I should be wary of. A quick search through the
>archives of debain-user revealed there's *something* with modconf, but

Basically, older versions of modconf don't recognize the 2.4.X modules
directory organization.  If yo9u have the latest modconf, you have no
problems.

>I'm not sure what the problem is.
>
>Is there anything I should be aware of before attempting a building
>2.4.1 from the deb source?

Good luck.

>Also, does alsa work with the new kernel?
>
>I'm running a p3 with a netgear 310tx(tulip) and nvidia tnt2 with
>xfree86 4 installed, but I'm pretty sure it's actually using the
>XF86_SVGA server found in xfree86 3. I'm currently running the kernel
>image 2.2.17 found in potato but I synch with testing.
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>

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