From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fed1rmmtao101.cox.net ([68.230.241.45]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I3ISm-0007Xk-00 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:20:40 -0400 Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao101.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20070626212010.DWZX17683.fed1rmmtao101.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:20:10 -0400 Received: from lnx2.holmesgrown.com ([70.162.15.186]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id GML91X00N40rnRy0000000; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:20:09 -0400 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com ([192.168.1.5] ident=mail) by lnx2.holmesgrown.com with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1I3ISI-0007PB-IZ for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:20:10 -0700 Received: from steve by lnx3.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1I3ISF-00056z-4T for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:20:07 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:20:07 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Slackware: kernel confusion Message-ID: <20070626212007.GC19143@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <005301c7b7a9$6871c130$ab00a8c0@tenstac> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <005301c7b7a9$6871c130$ab00a8c0@tenstac> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:20:40 -0000 Yeah, I'm thinking of maintaining both the latest 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. I have a Cisco VPN client that works OK with a 2.4 kernel but as soon as I throw it on a 2.6 kernel, I keep getting miss-matched kernel versions or some such; I thought it was compiled to work with 2.6 but here we go with closed source again . On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 11:21:03PM -0500, Doug Sutherland wrote: > Yea, listen to patrick, "unless you have a particular reason" to install > headers then it's better to not do so. The glibc is the crux of all of > this toolchain, and the same reason why that old viavoice became > a nightmare to support. The distro folks like patrick play with gcc, > glibc, and binutils combination until they find a stable combination > to build the entire system out of. The kernel headers, as he states > in his warning, it's dangerous to use headers newer than the glibc > version on your system. You can still build the 2.6.x kernel. There > are some situations where stuff will not build, which is why he has > the headers on the site, but don't change headers as a default > starting point, only as a last resort. And yes, you don't need the > modules, in fact you don't need anything from there. Patrick uses > ONLY unmodified kernels anyways, so if you want the latest > that still works with speakup, grab the last of the 2.21.x from > kernel.org. Or be like us old folks who prefer the stable > "trailing edge". I have not found a need for 2.6.x yet, so using > Patrick's similar logic, I will do so when I have a reason to. > I used to chase the leading edge kernels but found that it was > generally a waste of time in the large scheme of things. > > -- Doug > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://holmesgrown.ld.net/