upgrading kernel question
 

Hello,
I have a HP T5545 Thin Client with a VIA Eden Processor and I am trying to get it to work with an HP L2105tm touch screen monitor. I searched the web and found I need to upgrade the kernel to 2.6.34 or newer. I have spoken with someone from HP and was told the thin client is running a Debian version of linux.
When I look under systems info it shows
OS Version 2.6.26-2-686
I ran uname -m and it shows
HP0025b3d62f80 #1 smp Thu Mar 26 01:08:11 UTC 2009 i686 GNL/Linux
I ran uname -a and it shows
i686

I know zip about Linux.

Would someone tell me what files I need to download and the command line I need to upgrade the kernel

Thanks for your assistance,
FloridaRoadie

Well, I'm pretty sure you switched the command-to-output of the above, but not a big deal. Have you updated the system lately? If not, you need to run (from a terminal)

Then see what version of the kernel you are using with 'uname -r'. If there is a version of the kernel for your distro that is already 2.6.34 or later, it would be better (and easier) to use that. If the latest updates don't get you there, then we can work on other ways to upgrade your kernel.

HTH

Forrest

Thanks Forrest for helping me.
I ran apt-get update and it said it was building list and then gave a done message.
I ran apt-get upgrade and it gave this message.
0 upgrade 0 newly installed 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded

Where do I go from here?

What is the output of "cat /etc/lsb-release"?

Forrest

I ran cat /etc/lsb-release and got
no such file or directory

I cd to /etc and did ls it shows lsb-base and a lsb-base-logging.sh no other file beginning with lsb.

Thanks again for you help
Greg

Try:cat /etc/debian_version

Sorry, I've not used Debian. I assumed (falsely obviously) that Ubuntu got lsb-release from Debian (LSB stands for Linux Standard Base).

Forrest

It came back with
5.0.1

Greg

That will be Lenny then.
Looks like you will have to compile your own kernel,Backports has 2.6.32 i'm afraid.

Who or what is Lenny?
How do I go about compiling a kernel?
How would I figure out what needs to be in the kernel?

Thanks,
Greg

The particular version of Debian you are using.

Here's a place to start:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-howto-838890/

Be aware this is a non-trivial task.

You tell me,you said you needed kernel 2.6.34.
It's not available in the Debian main or Backport repositories.
So as you are using Lenny that just leaves compiling your own.

Forrest, thanks for your assistance.

Looks like i get to get my feet wet in Linux.

Greg

Well, compiling and installing a kernel manually, while not the easiest thing to do, is far from brain surgery. But, like brain surgery, it does have the potential for problems. If you run into problems, we'll be here to help.

Good luck,

Forrest

Your question is already answered in the thread you started here.

Well, your question wasn't answered there as the last post in that thread mentions.

Let us know if you need any advice.

Forrest