Recompile drivers after upgrade?

Tons of Fun · 09-11-2005, 03:25 PM

I'm using etch upgraded from sarge. I do updates and upgrades on a regular basis. I have my madwifi drivers and nvidia drivers compiled to my current kernel. My question is, if I do an apt-get dist-upgrade, will I have to recompile either my madwifi drivers or my nvidea drivers? I want to remain current, but do not want a surprise, and will wait until I have time if I will have to do any recompiling.

Thanks,

ilikejam · 09-11-2005, 04:12 PM

Hi.

If your kernel version changes during an update (as I imagine it would with a dist-upgrade), then yes, you'll have to recompile your drivers.

Dave

yanik · 09-11-2005, 04:18 PM

if your using synaptic to dist-upgrade, you can select you kernel-image package, then go in the Package menu and select Block version. The selected package won't be upgraded

Tons of Fun · 09-11-2005, 04:27 PM

I'm using apt, so I'll wait until next weekend when I have the time.

Thanks,

Xian · 09-11-2005, 10:00 PM

Just put the kernel-image on hold if you aren't interested in worrying about other system packages. Easiest method is to use wajig.

Code:

# apt-get install wajig
# wajig hold <packagename>