Kernel 2.6.0-test1 released

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nbensa · Post by **nbensa** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 4:25 am

Drooling

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-k ... 730173&w=2

Mod EDIT: changed the title. - bsolar

Moled · Post by **Moled** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 4:30 am

erik_swanson · Post by **erik_swanson** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 4:51 am

nbensa: Perhaps it would be a good idea to rename this thread to something that reflects the specific kernel version?

I can't wait to try it myself.

taskara · Post by **taskara** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 5:22 am

still a lot of bugs being fixed

not sure how ready 2.6 will be

deathdruid · Post by **deathdruid** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 5:43 am

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rahul@porsche rahul $ uname -a
Linux porsche.genebrew.com 2.6.0-test1 #1 Mon Jul 14 01:43:52 EDT 2003 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2100+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

asimon · Post by **asimon** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:10 am

Let me guess, Linux 2.6(-test1) will still require patches for EVMS2!

htj · Post by **htj** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:26 am

Any news on the process stalling issue--

Tried 2.5.75 but it kept locking/stalling...

Mooses · Post by **Mooses** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:29 am

I think I heard that the 2.6 series should be able to compile with ICC (Intel C++ compiler). Does anyone know more about this?

Mooses

Blurpy · Post by **Blurpy** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:32 am

I still have a problem with norwegian characters on tty1. But I found out that it only happens when using the framebuffer. I'm not using a framebuffer now, and the characters seem to work like normal on all tty's.

himpierre · Post by **himpierre** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:43 am

Hello

2.6.0-test1 runs fine here. But nvidia-kernel seems to be broken again.

regards
Thomas

Blurpy · Post by **Blurpy** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:52 am

himpierre wrote:2.6.0-test1 runs fine here. But nvidia-kernel seems to be broken again.

The nvidia drivers wont even compile here, giving a message that kernel 2.6.0 and newer is not supported.

Lovechild · Post by **Lovechild** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 11:49 am

taskara wrote:still a lot of bugs being fixed not sure how ready 2.6 will be

3 golden rule !

Lovechild · Post by **Lovechild** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 11:50 am

asimon wrote:Let me guess, Linux 2.6(-test1) will still require patches for EVMS2!

EVMS 2.1.0 runs fine here without patching of kernel

Opteron · Post by **Opteron** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 12:27 pm

Ohhh nice nice! I am dling it now. The only bad thing is that nvidia-driver doesn't seem to compile against it..

Aonoa · Post by **Aonoa** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:23 pm

My system freezes right as it is uncompressing the 2.6.0-test1 kernel.. nothing happens

anyone else experience this ?

htj · Post by **htj** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 2:00 pm

eonic wrote:My system freezes right as it is uncompressing the 2.6.0-test1 kernel.. nothing happens anyone else experience this ?

Try having a look at http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt

Short version: Is your CONFIG_VT=Y ?

This usually happens when people are using 2.4 .configs and make oldconfig (take the time to make a new 2.5 config)

robmoss · Post by **robmoss** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 2:10 pm

Just out of curiosity, has anyone posted that fix for nvidia-kernel that stops it trying to do silly things that don't work to bugzilla?

I'm currently doing a recompile of my entire Gentoo system due to a processor upgrade (and subsequent architecture change). Once it's finished (probably tomorrow, or the day after, depending upon how many problems I run into) I'll have a go with it and see what I get as far as the nvidia-kernel module goes.

Bart B · Post by **Bart B** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 2:34 pm

Well... kernel 2.6.0-test1 seems to work on my PC, only problem is that I do not have a proper nvidia driver. Does anyone know if such a driver exsists?

EDIT: I've changed the symlink "/usr/src/linux" so it points to the new kernel sources

As I should have done earlier. Now it seems to work. But compiling fails.

Aonoa · Post by **Aonoa** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 2:40 pm

htj: Thank you.

My CONFIG_VT was not set =Y as well as a few of the others listed in the file at codemonkey.org.

I had not used any old 2.4 .config files though, I did a make menuconfig from scratch.. this is the first time I am attempting to use a 2.5/2.6 beta kernel however.

I am recompiling now, and I asume it will work this time.

lannie · Post by **lannie** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 3:27 pm

Just compiled the new kernel... the desktop beautifully on the dell inspiron 4000

.. expect for a few problems

1) My Synaptics touchpad is still stuffed

.. got to use a USB mouse to roam around

2) I can't seem to suspend properly... it will freeze the laptop... this is using APM though... ACPI doesn't like to work on this laptop..

oh well.. other from that... its nice

... can't wait for the official release... but i guess that will take a while

-Lan

Arzie · Post by **Arzie** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 3:56 pm

lannie wrote:Just compiled the new kernel... the desktop beautifully on the dell inspiron 4000 .. expect for a few problems

2) I can't seem to suspend properly... it will freeze the laptop... this is using APM though... ACPI doesn't like to work on this laptop..

Go try ACPI with this kernel. I own a Latitude C640 and with 2.4.xx ACPI gives strange values (in /proc/acpi/blah), but with 2.5.75 the values were OK. Not sure about suspending though.

Steffen · Post by **Steffen** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 4:59 pm

A patch for the nvidia driver has been posted to the linux kernel mailinglist at 17:01:30 by Ian Hastie, but I'm unable to apply it (it gets rejected) modifying the ebuild to issue another epatch command.

Has anyone already applied the patch successfully?

keifir · Post by **keifir** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 5:01 pm

Arzie wrote:
lannie wrote:Just compiled the new kernel... the desktop beautifully on the dell inspiron 4000 .. expect for a few problems

2) I can't seem to suspend properly... it will freeze the laptop... this is using APM though... ACPI doesn't like to work on this laptop..
Go try ACPI with this kernel. I own a Latitude C640 and with 2.4.xx ACPI gives strange values (in /proc/acpi/blah), but with 2.5.75 the values were OK. Not sure about suspending though.

One more thing to try: in APM section, enable interrupts or smtg like that. That wakes up my comp.

blight · Post by **blight** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 5:23 pm

Hi!
The only reason why the nvidia driver won't build with 2.6 is that the check for 2.5 checks if the version is < 2.6 which isn't the case anymore.
I have written a small howto how to compile the driver with 2.6 and the 2.5 patches (which seem to be good

http://deltaanime.ath.cx/~blight/nvidia ... h_2.6.html

I hope this helps!

-- blight

aethyr · Post by **aethyr** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 6:46 pm

Hey quick question:

I was following kernel development awhile ago, eagerly anticipating 2.6, but I stopped actively following during the summer.

I'm starting to see posts now with people complaining about "desktop" issues like window moving and media playing, and I'm wondering if there's been some regressions in the kernel? See this post for an example:

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/ ... /0017.html

Before, everyone was saying how great the 2.5.x kernel was, but now it seems to be having some issues.

Just curious as to what I missed.

Kernel 2.6.0-test1 released

Kernel 2.6.0-test1 released

ICC?