On Wednesday 29 May 2002 17:29, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> Are you planning to test several copies of the same kernel side-by-side?
> Why, may I ask? (assuming you're not a kernel hacker if you said "I just
> compiled a kernel for the first time").
Because I am still clumsy and will mess up a few times. I figure that before I
delete a custom kernel I want one that works better, so that I can see the
results of my mistakes.
> For most people, compiling the kernel with all the features they're
> interested in turned on (or as modules) is enough and you don't need to
> keep around several copies of kernels with the same version.
But I am trying to support three pieces of hardware that is not supported in
the stock kernel: my webcam (see running thread on my 3com homeconnect
webcam), my palm 515 (acc. to ColdSync-hackers mailing list is only supported
by 2.4.19, which is why I asked about Alan Cox's pre8 kernel) and ACPI.
Current support for apm/lack of support for acpi conflicts with my ACPI
laptop (more so in 2.4.18 than in 2.4.9 which worked fine) and my beloved
laptop often freezes for no apparent reason. (only happens while running X).
I also seem not to be the only list member suffering of such troubles.
Arie Folger
--
It is absurd to seek to give an account of the matter to a man
who cannot himself give an account of anything; for insofar as
he is already like this, such a man is no better than a vegetable.
-- Book IV of Aristotle's Metaphysics
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