On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:59:21AM +0100, Dan H. wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > maybe you mentioned this before, but what is your X/2.6 problem? > > Just horning in on this thread here; there are 2 reasons why I run 2.4 > on my current sarge box: > > 1. I have random keyboard freezes on boot-up with the 2.6.8-3-k7 kernel > > 2. The SPICE package I'm frequently using doesn't work under 2.6. > > I'm expecting to be upgraded to etch any day now when I do aptitude > update && aptitude upgrade. Won't my 2.4 kernel just stay installed? you could watch for that upgrade and hold the kernel package, but there are so many changes, that I doubt you'll be able to run it. > > Of course I'm looking forward to a 2.6. kernel that doesn't cause these > problems any more because I can't get the 3D acceleration of my nVidia > card to work under 2.4, which means no Google Earth (which in turn means > I actually have to work instead of goofing off). you might think about trying a backported kernel in advance of the move to etch -- see if it solves your problems and if not, you can get setup to roll your 2.4 kernels going forward. But others know way more about this than I do. A
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