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Adrian Voinea writes "The latest stable Linux kernel (2.4.19) is out. The somewhat massive changelog has the details. The patch file is here and the full source is here. If possible use a mirror."
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This is earth shattering news! I think I need a beer to calm down.
Only the State obtains its revenue by coercion. - Murray Rothbard
What do you mean, "if possible use a mirror.". Use a mirror. The only time it isn't possible is when, say, the main server gets slashdotted and there ARE no mirrors.
When will you ever learn?
Meanwhile, SP3 for Windows 2000 is released, implementing the new "Set Program Access and Defaults" feature. Unsurprisingly, Slashdot is silent.
Can anybody here summarize any important changes that went on between 2.4.18 and 2.4.19? This changelog is just a ton of bug fixes between prereleases. Did they do anything interesting with it?
Friends don't let friends use multiple inheritance.
http://atlantis1.prolixium.com/~prox/proserv/linux /kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.19.tar.gz. it's 100mbit. so give kernel.org a break...
.... /boot/newkern
apt-get kernel-source-2.4.19
unbzip2, untar etc...
make menuconfig
make dep clean bzImage modules modules install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage
lilo
lilo -q
I've only had it fail on one machine, and it had a crappy mobo.
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If it's the latter, can any of you linux gurus tell me what is the current "accepted" solution for making backups. Not archives or images, backups.
For those of you who are going to say dump works fine on 2.4, please read this message from Linus Torvalds. I keep hoping he'll change his mind though, at least until a viable alternative arises.
When 2.4.18 came out, i thought to myself "well i'll just wait till 2.4.19 comes out to switch to 2.4, shouldn't be more than a month or so."
Since then i've had to renew my drivers license three times.
Longest . . . update . . . ever!
"The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw."
Why won't:
/dev/rmt0
find . -print |cpio -ocBv
or some variation work for you?
deadonarrival home # uname -a
Linux deadonarrival.entala.co.uk 2.4.19-gentoo-r7 #8 SMP Thu Aug 1 00:02:37 CEST 2002 i686 AuthenticAMD
Because, of course, Gentoo comes with 2.4.19.
Insert standard Darn-And-I-Just-Finished-Downloading-The-Last-One- Yesterday wisecrack...
Hey Taco! Looks like you're using the "infinite monkeys and typewriters" scheme to generate Ask Slashdots again...
ncftp ftp.us.kernel.org ... .config ../kernel-image-2.4.19_home.1_i386.deb ../alsa-modules-2.4.18_0.9+0beta12+3+p0+home1_i386 .deb
tar -xvzf linux-2.4.19.tar.gz
cd linux
cp ~/kernel/configs/2.4.18
make oldconfig
su
make-kpkg --revision home.1 kernel_image
make-kpkg modules_image # for alsa, nvidia-glx, plex86
dpkg -i
dpkg -i
etc.
Thanks for the good work, Manoj!
Actually:
/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.19.tar.bz2 ../kernel*2.4.19*.deb
:)
apt-get install kernel-soruce-2.4.19
tar xvjf
cd kernel-source-2.4.19
make menuconfig
make-kpkg --rootcmd=fakeroot buildpackage
sudo dpkg -i
Easy
Can anybody here summarize any important changes that went on between 2.4.18 and 2.4.19? This changelog is just a ton of bug fixes between prereleases. Did they do anything interesting with it?
..."
This is exactly the thing I'd like to see someone make. A simple list of notable changes for the average kernel-compiling Linux user. I've been wanting such a list for several years now, but have never seen one.
Something in the form of, "If you which to use hardware X with option Y, you may wish to upgrade, as this version adds beta support for it. If you use option Z you should definately upgrade, there are many bugfixes.
Is there any kind of ChangeLog summary available anywhere? And if not, why? I shouldn't think it would be such a big deal for someone with some knowledge of the kernel.
I doubt, therefore I may be.
for about three minutes i sat wondering: who the fuck do you buy your hardware from that actually *license* their drivers, and requires you to *renew* them? I didn't know Microsoft started manufacturing important PC components...
then it hit me.
sigh... goes to show that friday evenings are best spent away from the computer for best results.
My life in the land of the rising sun.
Anyone else notice that in the last couple of days Microsoft's ad for Visual Studio .Net keeps coming up in the rotation when ever there is Linux story.
Wonder how much that cost them to buy those keywords? Could C. Taco be enjoying a quiet vacation on an island somewhere?
You say things that offend me and I can deal with it. Can you?
I just tried just the patch to .19, and it's blocking on this driver. Pulling the full code to confirm we need Alan again...
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# Canmephians for a better Linux Kernel
$Stalag99{"URL"}="http://stalag99.net";
Ok, I'll bite.
;0)
I didn't actually manage to get through the whole thing (about the first ten points), but basically they all seemed to deal with how the GPL could infect your software and impose certain responsibilities on you. Of course almost all of these points only affect you only if you actually develop your own inhouse programs. Horror of horrors, you can't "borrow" the code and do with it whatever you want ala BSD. I'd like to know how many companies use Windows source in their programs
Basically, this just creates FUD in the minds of business execs who don't understand software licenses to begin with. Most just pay for the software and use it as is. Very few would even think to ask if they could modify the program themselves! So this whole thing can be safely ignored by them (well, when they pirate the software by using it on home computers they'd have to remember not to copy the source, otherwise they're not breaking any laws!)
So unless we actually modify the software we run to begin with (and I assume since this is an MS doc, they're trying to get you to use MS products), how would using a GPL program be any different for the majority of users? For the minority who still write their own stuff, they should darn well be familiar with software licenses already!
Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. --Herbert Hoover
Anybody notice? Whenever you *used* to untar a new kernel tarball, it created a directory 'linux'. Now it creates 'linux-2.4.19'.
'Bout time! I always hated creating a temporary directory to uncompress to...
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"
- Charles Darwin
So what do I press to install this in Win2k?
(02/06/06 1.537.2.10)
[PATCH] Re: mislabelled label patch
No pun intended...
Your comment is very interesting. Can you provide an e-mail address or web link where I could learn more?
stable linux
I am using Gentoo's linux release 7 of the 2.4.19 kernel.
I see one change log item related to AMD processors. Does anyone know if this or any other fix in this kernel fixes the nvidia/amd lockup problem (which can be worked around in 2.4.18 with the mem=nopentium boot parameter)? _john_
Wrong bug. It compiled, but folks need to do a "make dep" after an "make oldconfig"
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# Canmephians for a better Linux Kernel
$Stalag99{"URL"}="http://stalag99.net";
There were no changes between 19-rc5 and 19-final, and fewer and fewer changes between the -rc's.
Since when does changing the kernel break anything?
The last change to inode.c was in February. If that's last minute, the minutes certainly are getting longer.
Man, that took about 5 MONTHS! I can't comprehend the maddness!
to keep him from prosecuting VA linux for stock fraud . just kidding.
Will there be an 'official' 2.4.19 kernel image package for Debian Woody?
Amateur, got any other insightful remarks to make?
Imagine a Beowolf Cluster of THESE!!!
I also agree with website.
Thank you for your time.
Proof that the moderation system doesn't work. Informative my fscking ass.
What do you mean, I should upgrade my 2400bps modem?
!#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.
Erhm... no, sorry, 2.4.19 is out NOW. Yes, I run Gentoo, and yes, it's confusing as fsck. 2.4.19-gentoo-r7 is actually based on 2.4.19-pre5, if memory serves.
Anarchy$ dd if=/dev/random of=~/.signature bs=120 count=1
mogorific carpentry experiments
he he, and add in those l33t backdors at the same time...
So much to do, so little bandwidth.
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Try Mozilla
Can you explain the last two lines and the advantage of doing that instead of what was mentionned in the original post?
(02/07/17 1.642)
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[PATCH] PATCH: personality clashes
If only they were all that easy to fix
I like FreeBSD's method much better:
/usr/src /etc/cvsupfile
cd
cvsup -z
make buildkernel && make installkernel && fastboot
neither has my fucking microwave.
If you are at a University, use a mirror located at another University. Chances are the traffic will travel over Internet2 at ridiculous speeds, and not strain your University's (usually) clogged commodity Internet link.
I got 1.42Mbytes/sec from U of Wisconsin to FIU, myself.
Sorry for being off topic.
I'd like to use ext3. I would not like to apply a third party patch to any kernel. Does that mean I must use 2.4.X, and can not use 2.2.X? Thanks in advance
This strredwolf character must be a karma whore or something. I'm wondering how he even managed to patch his kernel with his skill level.
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Let me try to be helpful. Combinations of tar find and grep work well for me.
basic tar syntax:
tar cvx archive_name.tar file_path_1 file_path_2 ... to create archive_name.tar with all files in path.
tar xvf archive_name.tar to restore. the .tar is optional of course, but it helps me.
useful tar options:
-u, update to only add new or modified files.
-G, old style incrimental
-g, new style incrimental
-z, gzip files
Combined with find and grep and put into a chron job, this is a very powerful backup tool. For example something like:
tar cvu archive.tar `find | grep patern`
performed at regular intervals does a great job.
Tell me about dump.
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.
(02/07/30 1.659)
:)
PATCH More -ac merge
Sweet, now my system will scream "FIRST BOOT!!!!" at me when I turn it on.
Everything will be taken away from you.
It makes the kernel a debian package, which gives you the benefits of package management.
Not a real big deal, but nice to have in certain situations.
Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach either, do tech support.
Don't use LILO, use Grub! There is absolutely no reason for anyone to subject themselves to LILO any more now that we have Grub. Imagine: filename tab-completion, in a bootloader! Since grub can read your filesystems, you'll never be stuck needing to use a rescue disk if there is still a valid kernel somewhere on your HD. If you mess up the upgrade, you won't hose your system as long as you didn't delete your old kernel.
main(c,r){for(r=32;r;) printf(++c>31?c=!r--,"\n":c<r?" ":~c&r?" `":" #");}
err...which unfree stuff is that?
It's funny that Microsoft never released a document explaining their EULAs this thoroughly
well said.
Of course almost all of these points only affect you only if you actually develop your own inhouse programs.
I'll bite too...
That's dead wrong. You can do whatever you want as long as you license your in-house programs GPL. What's wrong with that? You don't have to give them to anybody, so you don't have to give away your source! There's absolutely no reason to worry about it.
So you're even more right than you think ;)
Assuming someone else on this list was, like me, silly enough to buy a PowerVR Kyro-based graphics accelerator, here's a fix for a compile bug that I got w/ kernel 2.4.19 and gcc 3.1:
drm/pvr_drm_vm.h, line 138, change to:
physical = (unsigned long)page_address(pte_page( pte ));
Grub no speaky the language. I think it uses esperanto to be more universal or something.
Great!!! I always love when a new kernel comes out so I can deal with a completely different set of modules having 'unresolved symbols' and being impossible to load/use.
Slashdot gets worse every day... Pipedot: News for nerds, without the corporate slant
Well, I've seen a few instructions for debian, but they're either wrong or not comented, so I'll try my own also.
/usr/src/linux or whever your favorite place is.
/usr/src/linux): /boot/config-2.4.18 .config .deb's ..
/lib/modules/2.4.19-me, /boot/vmlinux-2.4.19-me, etc
First, get the sources. I don't see them in the debian tree yet, so get them from kernel.org yourself. Put it in
To compile (all in
# optional: tells debian to apply any debianized patches (eg. preempt, ReiserFS, XFS, whatever)
# very important to do *before* config, or else you'll be configuring and building different things
export PATCH_THE_KERNEL=yes
make-kpkg --append-to-version "-me" -rev test.1 --initrd debian
# configure the kernel as you chose
cp
make oldconfig # or x/menuconfig
# build the kernel image
make-kpkg --append-to-version "-me" -rev test.1 --initrd kernel_image
# optional: build debianized modules (eg. nvidia, lirc, alsa)
make-kpkg --append-to-version "-me" -rev test.1 --initrd modules_image
# install the resulting
cd
dpkg -i *2.4.19-me*.deb
Explination of make-kpkg options:
--apend-to-version: optional, but a good idea. Makes the kernel version into 2.4.19-me and avoids any conflicts by installing to
-rev: needed for the debs. good as long as it has some number in it
--initrd: tell it to build the initial ram disk (/boot/initrd.img-2.4.19-me). Not sure if it's really needed, but all debian kernels have one so I figure might as well use it.
I'm aware that not all of the options are needed on all of the commands, but I figure for safty and consistency's sake, to just leave it as is.
Hope this helps someone.
Having a trojaned SSH build script was bad enough.
You *really* don't want a compromised kernel. Use the signatures.
um... if a program is licensed under the GPL, you can't do whatever you want. You can only do whatever you want as long as you don't violate the GPL. Which means you can't do some things you might want to do... So if you want to do them, you can't do anything you want.
So yes, I'm even more right than I thought (but I did think I was that right... ) So maybe you're just wrong?? But you're right, you don't have to release GPL programs (big issue with online chess servers).
Hrm, I believe I shouldn't post comments at 3AM judging by what I've just written... of course why I was bored enough to respond to the orginal troll is beyond me... I think I'll go play some chess on FICS (www.freechess.org).
Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. --Herbert Hoover
I have had an Arm CY-13 with PhoenixBIOS for about 3-4 months. Right now I have zilch ACPI support for 2.4.18. Is there anyone who has tried the ACPI with the new kernel? If so, does it work at all?
One thing I really with kernel releases had was a way to rsync/cvs/bk whatever to the release kernel. That way only the files that have been changed get sent. kernel.org's rsync is setup to let you mirror the site, but not the individual kernel. I'm thinking of the kind of access provided to the kernel sources on the penguinppc.org project. That way, I can start with any bastardized kernel source and arrive at a pristine new source dir without using up the bandwith to download the whole thing. Heck, I can even exclude the architectures I'm not using, saving even more bandwidth.
Anyone know if/where to get this kind of access to the kernels?
I am, and always will be, an idiot. Karma: Coma (mostly effected by
"unbzip2, untar etc... /boot/newkern
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes
make menuconfig
make dep clean bzImage modules modules install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage
lilo
lilo -q"
You and the other posters missed the most important step!
less
and check/upgrade you system accordingly....
Of those 10 points, point 10 is the only significant "Question Every Business Should Ask About the GNU General Public License (GPL)".
10. Do you have any existing obligations that might preclude your use of GPL software?
The answer is NO, there is nothing precluding anybody from using GPL software once they have access to it. The deceptive answer immediatele switches the bait to the use of "GPL code", which implys a significantly different animal. In any case, there is nothing stopping you from using the code however you se fit. The only restriction involved is in who you give the GPL code/software to, and how you go about it. Not "Every Business" is in the business of distributing computer code.
Every other Question is irrelevant with the context in which this treatise was presented.
Oh, and I didn't notice any variant of the word "terror" in this thread.
Well, I use a SUSE version of LILO for cool animations at bootup. I have a few kernels in the startup menu - the version installed by Debian, and various versions of 2.2 & 2.4 (in case the new one, say, doesn't properly load sound, apm, or pcmcia drivers). But I do tend to keep a rescue cd or two around anyway.
Just found out that both RedHat's and Qlogic's version of the QLA 2200 HBA won't compile on 2.4.19. Did they screw up?
Where is the new EULA that states that you allow Linus to collect information about the hardware and software installed on your system, and to install new versions without your prior consent?
emerge vanilla-sources :p
Have you ever, once compiled a kernel ?
:
/boot/newkern, are you a fucking moron ?
I dont believe you have. heres why
> unbzip2, untar etc...
umm, you can do this in just one command, depending on your version of tar:
tar -yxvf blah.tar.bz2
tar -jxvf blah.tar.bz2
tar --use-compress-program=`which bunzip2` -xvf blah.tar.bz2
> make menuconfig
> make dep clean bzImage modules modules install
thats not even gonna work _ AT ALL _ and why are you making two commands out of this ? have you even read the README ? it tells you to make mrproper before this...and what the fuck is "make clean" ?
make bzImage, than make Install then cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage
and why the hell are you make install'ing twice ? JESUS. these modules arent even gonna get installed.
make mrproper menuconfig dep bzlilo modules modules_install
is the correct way. I dont know what the hell gave you the idea that your way would even work!
> lilo
> lilo -q
no need for lilo -q _AT ALL_, even with your way.
with the correct way, make bzlilo, you dont need to even run lilo.
> I've only had it fail on one machine, and it had a crappy mobo.
no you havnt, your lieing, you run windows 98 on your p200. im surprised you even know what linux is,
Really? Try this:
Not that I would ever do anything like that... :-/
Um, then you still should have been able to boot in single user mode, into a shell (You DO have a statically linked shell installed as /bin/sh, dont you?). You can then use all those wonderful statically linked binaries in /sbin to recover your system.
/sbin, its where the statically linked binaries live!
But it has some serious personality problems. Luckily, I'm not the only one who noticed:
(02/07/17 1.642)
[PATCH] PATCH: personality clashes
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"The chances of a demonic possession spreading are remote -- relax."
Once I wanted to upgrade libc in some queer way: cp -f /lib/libc-2.1.3.so /lib/libc-2.1.1.so
and the system froze completely (because I'm in X). The libc got corrupted so I have to use a rescue disk.
mod parent up funny!!!
If you've got a current linux source dir, either it's called linux, or linux is a symlink to it. Thus the new tar blows away the old one.
Infuriate left and right
PROOF : kernel hackers are now less profane than with the 2.4.18 release : /usr/src/linux-2.4.19$ grep -ri fuck . | wc -l /usr/src/linux-2.4.19$ cd ../linux-2.4.18 /usr/src/linux-2.4.18$ grep -ri fuck . | wc -l
43
46
There is absolutely no reason for anyone to subject themselves to LILO any more
Unless, of course, you want to support an evil corporation that goes by the name of The Walt Disney Company.
The Truth About Lilo & Stitch
Since grub can read your filesystems, you'll never be stuck needing to use a rescue disk if there is still a valid kernel somewhere on your HD.
That is, unless something else <cough>Windows Update</cough> eats your dual-boot machine's master boot record.
Will I retire or break 10K?
A car returns the first element of a list. A cdr returns the remaining elements.
Or if you have no interest in Scheme or Common Lisp, a car is a transportation device, and a cdr is a backup medium.
Will I retire or break 10K?
Insert standard Insert-Standard-Wisecrack wisecrack...
Will I retire or break 10K?
about half the US [has broadband]?
Half the US is 2% of the world. Even if you assume that 2% of the population both can get cable or DSL to the home and is willing to pay for cable or DSL (the "willing to pay" excludes T1, which the local telco monopolies have kept high in the three figures USD by suppressing bandwidth co-ops), you shouldn't be mean to the 98% who can't get it.
If you are running 2.4.14 to 2.4.18, don't download the entire Linux kernel. Download the patches from the old tree to the new tree; they're smaller.
Will I retire or break 10K?
So what do I press to install this in Win2k?
If you want to install a Linux system on a computer that runs Windows 2000 Professional, you should buy 1. a second hard drive (linux can't reliably write to ntfs 5) and 2. a copy of a distribution. If this is your first time using Linux on a PC workstation, I'd suggest using Mandrake or Lycoris.
Then come back and ask about upgrading your kernel if you need support for some specific devices attached to your machine.
You have been helped :-)
Will I retire or break 10K?
And then later...
Wow! Excellent example of misunderstanding the GPL! There are *NO RESTRICTIONS* on the use of GPL'd code. Don't believe me? Check the GPL:
What this means is that the *only* thing the GPL applies to is redistribution of code. If you simply use the code, you're free to do with it whatever you want (except redistribute it). So I'd recommend that you take your own advice and read the GPL before you start spouting off about what it's implications are.
Key to financial independence: Spend less than you earn. Save and invest the difference. Do it for a long time.
The tarball now includes the first directory level as linux-2.4.19 instead of linux! Now I don't have to do,
/usr/src/tmp ../linux-2.4.19.tar.bz2 | tar xf - ../linux-2.4.19
:'(
cd
bzcat
mv linux
Two whole commands fewer!
I'm already kind of missing those days.
:wq
I noticed a huge number of apple stories hitting the front page a few weeks ago. /. central
Somthing's going on at
thank God the internet isn't a human right.
the kernel change log on fresh meat is always nice and tidy.
but you have to go through gatch rc and pre version to get a full picture.
e.g. 2.4.19-pre9 change log is....
This release should be the last pre-patch before 2.4.19. It contains USB, emu10k1, and i2o fixes, a devfs fix, several gcc 3.1 compilation error fixes, support for I845G, USB Casio EM500, and Tieman Voyager USB Braille display drivers, and several documentation updates.
thank God the internet isn't a human right.
Just hit "refresh" on your browser.
Oh, yes, grub is neat, but perhaps you've missed the point that lilo is *very* stable and grub isn't so stable...
troll troll
The 2.4.19 release took way too long to happen. This is supposed to be the stable branch. I believe that they tried to change too many things at one time and that some of the changes were large which caused a lot of problems.
You don't try to sell a product to the people that already bought it. You go and stamp your ad on the window of your competitor's shop.
Ciao
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FB
I don't need no stinkin 2.4 kernel! I want my 2.0!
You don't have to worry about forgetting to make/install the modules, and running LILO. It does that all for you.
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three persons, two of them absent.
This FUD-spouting dumb fuck can't even spell MCSE.
The GPL does not force you to redistribute your product. It just says if you do, anything that is built on GPL'd code must also be GPL'd.
If the GPL is so damn bad, why did that noted terrorist-supporting NSA pick GPL'd Linux when they wanted a secure operating system?
You're not only reading a "silly" posting, you're posting to it yourself!!! If that's "busy" I want your job.
Who's worse? The silly poster or the supposedly busy person reading all about what the silly poster wrote?
WFT is that? They burger-flipper who gives you your Big Mac?
Unless of course you are using any architecture other than i386.
Grub? Unstable?
Over the years, I have had many problems with LILO. Kernels that won't boot due to filesystem changes, the dreaded "LI" or "LI LI LI" bugs... LILO is highly dependent on how both the filesytem and partition table are set up. Even the MSDOS bootloader is more reliable.
But I have not once had a problem with Grub. I've been using it for six months now.
[Broadband] exists elsewhere too, you know.
I assumed that the number of USA residents who can get residential broadband but don't was about the same as the number of people outside the USA who get broadband.
Will I retire or break 10K?
...in its own subdirectory!
./linux directly after unpacking. Perhaps the most user-friendly change in the kernel in a long time.
;-)===)
I was geting tired of renaming
I already like it!
Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted and ignored otherwise.
I can't make my USB mouse work with 2.4.19.
Same compilation options I had with 2.4.18.
Initialization seems ok, but nothing happens when moving it under GPM or XFree.
Back to 2.4.18!
I have a slow machine!
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
Linux is the best OS I have seen so far in both server and desktop. I think this is just the beginning for Linux the good days are just a head of us.
So are Gentoo users generally as retarded as you are?
> You don't have to worry about forgetting to make/install the modules, and running LILO. It does that all for you.
What if you're using Grub and don't have lilo installed? Does it still try to do lilo anyway?..
> Oh, yes, grub is neat, but perhaps you've missed the point that lilo is *very* stable and grub isn't so stable...
Examples, please, of recent (last 6 months) grub instabilities. I haven't read about any.
-pre5, or -rc5? -rc5's the one that was just formally released.
I can understand the "if possible" clause.
Mirros sometimes don't have the file.
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
I know that 2.4.19 took more than 5 months to complete.
I also know that Marcelo intended 2.4.19 to be a fix-bug-only release.
So, exactly how many changes are there, as compared to 2.4.18 ?
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
Do you accept a major credit card?
Damn your .sig is stupid. What do the Village People have to do with democracy?
The Village People never sang a song about the "DMCA". They sang about "YMCA". At least a half dozen parodies of that song were about the DMCA.
The point of the signature ("They call this a DeMoCrAcy?") is this: In a truly representative democracy, would Americans have let their leaders enact the Digital Millennium Copyright Act?
-- Damian Yerrick (yerricde) (posted AC because it's OT but it needs to be said)Don't be clueless, there was never an intent to use an install kernel
beyond intiail installation. One should always compile a custom kernel
as the first act on a new installation, other than adduser of course.
'apt-get install kernel-package' and read the README.gz file there,
as well as Rationale.gz.
the full 23MB of it.
At 56kb...
And I need improved wireless support in 2.4.19.
My ISP will be very pleased.
IANAL but write like a drunk one.
> What if you're using Grub and don't have lilo installed? Does it still try to do lilo anyway?..
You can set it up to run update-grub instead.
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three persons, two of them absent.
the reason is:
AMD + Nvidia = crash
unless you pass mem=nopentium to the kernel. and I couldn't figure out how to pass mem=nopentium with GRUB.
GRUB is _SO_ stupid it refuses to run if the parameter after an '=' sign is anything but a number.
What ? Me, worry ?