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Abbadon n00b
Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 13
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:49 am Post subject: Which 2.3 kernel do I use? |
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Ok, I'm fairly new to this Linux stuff. But I want to install a 2.6 kernel on my U60. Which one do I get.
The more details the better for this newbie.
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Headrush Watchman
Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 5597 Location: Bizarro World
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:31 am Post subject: |
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Code: | emerge gentoo-sources |
This will give you a very good stable kernel. No need for most people to mess with anything else. |
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Abbadon n00b
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:35 am Post subject: |
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Which gentoo-sources?
There are several and all are masked for one reason or another. Mainly misssing keyword and ~sparc keyword.
Should I go for the latest?
2.6.15???
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Headrush Watchman
Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 5597 Location: Bizarro World
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:59 am Post subject: |
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If you just do Code: | emerge gentoo-sources |
it should pick the last marked stable version. (Currently-2.6.15-r1) |
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Abbadon n00b
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:00 am Post subject: |
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Actually it won't as they are all masked. But I can handle that. |
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Headrush Watchman
Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 5597 Location: Bizarro World
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:07 am Post subject: |
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Abbadon wrote: | Actually it won't as they are all masked. But I can handle that. |
Shouldn't be. When did you last emerge sync?
Edit: Ooops. Didn't notice you were running sparc. |
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Abbadon n00b
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:23 am Post subject: |
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Headrush wrote: | Abbadon wrote: | Actually it won't as they are all masked. But I can handle that. |
Shouldn't be. When did you last emerge sync?
Edit: Ooops. Didn't notice you were running sparc. |
That's why I posted in the Spac section. Is that going to change anything? |
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Headrush Watchman
Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 5597 Location: Bizarro World
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:26 am Post subject: |
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Abbadon wrote: | That's why I posted in the Spac section. Is that going to change anything? |
No.
I just didn't notice the forum. Just add the package version into /etc/portage/package.keywords and you should be fine. |
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Reaper450128 n00b
Joined: 06 Nov 2005 Posts: 3
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:33 am Post subject: |
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I'm not exactly a Gentoo expert myself, but I have been doing some work with masked packages lately myself (atheros wireless card on my laptop) so I think I can guide you on how to get a set of sources. Of course, this comes with a standard warning: Packages are masked for a reason, generally because they haven't been proven totally stable in the circumstance they are masked against, so be prepared to deal with the possibility of problems, particularly with something as critical as the kernel. I did some searching on gentoo-portage for the current releases of a couple of kernel sources, and since you want a 2.6 kernel, even the vanilla-sources (the non-Gentoo enhanced kernel sources) of 2.6 are masked on Sparc. You can get 2.4.32 as a non-masked package with emerge vanilla-sources, but in order to get a 2.6 here's what you need to do:
1. Create /etc/portage/package.keywords if you don't already have one.
2. Add the line "sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.15-r1 ~sparc" to this file. This will unmask the 2.6.15-r1 version of gentoo-sources for you, and only this version. If you wanted to try the 2.6 vanilla-sources, use "sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-2.6.15.1 ~sparc" instead. Neither of these is the absolute newest version, but they are the ones most proven stable on other architectures based on the keywords masked.
3. Try your emerge again. It should get the files this time.
You probably should look at the bugs listed for both of these on www.gentoo-portage.com before you start, just so you know what you are getting into. As I stated earlier, these are masked for a reason, so be prepared to have problems if you choose to bypass the masking protection. |
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Headrush Watchman
Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 5597 Location: Bizarro World
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:44 am Post subject: |
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Reaper450128, nice walk through but I think he knows this part.
One thing to remember, there is a huge difference between something marked ~sparc and something hard masked. Hard masked packages are know to fail, have issues, or have major changes. ~sparc are generally very safe and usually don't cause many major issues, kernel or otherwise. |
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chance2105 Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 112 Location: Norman, OK USA
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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The U60 works well with 2.6.14 and 2.6.15, vanilla or gentoo-sources. Any 2.6 kernel versions prior to that .. well, work, sorta, if you don't mind instability (eg, machine locking). |
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Reaper450128 n00b
Joined: 06 Nov 2005 Posts: 3
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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Like I said, I'm not an expert. How does hard masking work? All the gentoo-sources and vanilla-sources packages with a 2.6 version have ~sparc if sparc is listed at all in their keywords on the portage site, which type of masking is that? I thought this was regular masking, but I'm fairly new to Gentoo myself. I have it running on 3 machines right now but none of them are the least bit "exotic". They're all are regular x86 Intel-based systems, so I haven't had too much experience with package masking until I decided to dual-boot it on my laptop. |
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6D7474 Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 135
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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the "normal" masking is ~arch - you have just to modify /etc/portage/package.keywords
hard masking, as Headrush mentioned, is much more serious (it probably just won't work...) - you have to edit /etc/portage/package.unmask to unmask it..
example:
http://www.gentoo-portage.com/app-text/ghostscript-esp
even if you use ~sparc, you'll be only able to install 7.07.1-r10 and not 8.15.1... |
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