On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:59:11 -0600, Mark wrote in message <4cd7d7ff.4000...@allums.com>:
> On 11/8/2010 3:00 AM, Klistvud wrote: > > Dne, 08. 11. 2010 07:30:34 je consul tores napisal(a): > >> Hello > >> > >> I have a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 14, which has 1 Intel Core i3 (330) > >> or maybe 4. I installed Lenny amd64 having a few different > >> problems, but i would like to install Squeeze on it. > >> > >> My question is, what should be the most suitable linux kernel for > >> this laptop? Please tell me what specific information is needed., > >> if it were the case. > >> > >> thanks. > > > > Speaking generally, the most recent kernel should be best for recent > > machines (more hardware support); in this case, the stock squeeze > > kernel should do. Just try it out and see. > > > > For not quite so new machines, your mileage may vary. ..IME, hardware needs to be very old to lose e.g. X support, I have a few ATI mach64 cards that I hear now needs "mach64" in xorg.conf rather than the good old "ati" wrapper. > The Squeeze kernel, 2.6.32, is suitable for Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs. In > general, Squeeze should work for most hardware; however, kernel 32 is > actually fairly long in the tooth, and my opinion is that they should > have picked a more recent kernel for the Squeeze release. I plan to > install 2.6.36 or 37 from Sid after Squeeze is released, which I > think will be feasible. (Of course 5-6 months, possibly sooner, > after the release of Squeeze, I plan to move to Wheezy.) ..if you wanna try 2.6.36 and the most recent intel video etc drivers, install Sid/"Unstable", then add "Experimental", I run "aptitude -t experimental " after each normal update & upgrade. > In other words, as Klitvud says, support for new hardware is > successively added to each newer kernel, so the more recent your > kernel version, the better support there will be for your PC, not > only CPU, but all the various devices. ..in "production" in my 3 radeon boxes, a 2-tread 3.2G P4 with an X850XTPE, an AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ with an 9800Pro, both on i686 and at 2048x1536x32...@59.4 and 58.8fps, and a "core2" T7200 laptop with "Mobility FireGL V5200" on amd64 and at the native 1920x1200x32...@60fps. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101108170738.6c9e0...@a45.fmb.no
