On 23/04/13 20:36, Daniel Llewellyn wrote:
Debian (and thus Ubuntu) has the feature of DKMS which allows a package
to flag to apt that it needs reconfiguring after a kernel update. AFAIK,
dpkg will run the configure step of installation again for those
so-flagged packages to give them a chance to recompile any kernel
interfaces.
The nvidia and fglrx (amd/ati) drivers, for example, utilise DKMS to
recompile their shim between the binary proprietary driver and the gpl
kernel to allow them to get away with not licensing their driver under
the GPL (rant away over this pseudo-gpl-violation, please! :-p).
DKMS requires the package maintainer to jump through some hoops, but
once that's done the end-user experience is vastly improved.
On 23 April 2013 10:24, Kris Douglas <krisdoug...@gmail.com
<mailto:krisdoug...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello,
I do believe this depends on the card in use, some drivers have
slightly different conditions compared to others. I know for example
some modules recompile themselves when the kernel is updated. I'm
confident Linux Emporium choose devices that work exceptionally well
with Linux (or specifically Debian-derived distributions).
Kris
On 23 April 2013 09:59, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berke...@gmail.com
<mailto:rowan.berke...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You recall we talked about the hassle of having to re-install
wireless
> drivers after every kernel update. I've noticed that neither of
the Lenovo
> machines which I got from Linux Emporium suffers from this
problem: they've
> both received multiple kernel updates. So I rang Linux Emporium
to see if I
> could find out how they lock the wireless drivers in so
effectively. What
> they said was that they use the Debian packages when converting
the Lenovo
> machines to Ubuntu, and that these Debian packages contain the
wherewithal
> to lock the wireless drivers in permanently. Does this make
sense, and if
> so, could the relevant material be incorporated directly into Ubuntu?
>
> Rowan
>
>
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Daniel Llewellyn
Ah, yes, DKMS again, that explains it. Now if only we could just have
DKMS packaged up for automatic installation in the Synaptic package
manager. As it is, you need quite a bit of savvy to install DKMS, more
than I've got, for sure.
:')
Rowan
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