On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Raffaele Morelli <raffaele.more...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2009/5/13 George <nutn...@comcast.net> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Patrick Wiseman [mailto:pwise...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:43 AM >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: Why is the kernel in testing so far behind what's current? >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us> wrote: >> > * Patrick Wiseman <pwise...@gmail.com> [2009 May 12 23:06 -0500]: >> >> According to the Linux Kernel Archives: The latest stable version of >> >> the Linux kernel is: 2.6.29.3. So why is the latest kernel in >> >> testing 2.6.26? >> > >> > In my experience, there is no point in bringing in a more recent >> > kernel package until 2.6.30 is released which includes drm and video >> > driver fixes required by the latest Xorg packages although the latest >> > 2.6.2902 package enabled 3D rendering again in the latest Xorg >> > packages in Sid, at least for the Radeon chipset. >> >> >The reason I asked is that network-manager has been freezing my system >> > and >> the maintainer, who believes it's a kernel problem, >asked me to test it >> against the latest kernel. But I really don't want to get ahead of, or >> out >> of sync with, where testing is. >> >> >Patrick >> >> You can build the latest kernel the debian way and will be selectable from >> the boot manager. Do your testing and once you are done you can always >> uninstall it like a normal package. There are a few good how to's on the >> debian forums regarding building your own kernel the debian way. > > +1 > I build kernel from vanilla sources every time a new RT patch is released. > > It's really easy, just take care to the latest changes in kernel-package > regarding --initrd option.
Thanks, guys, for suggesting that - I used to build a custom kernel the "Debian way" all the time, but am out of the habit. I'll get back into it. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
