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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
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)
Code:
% sudo apt-get update
% sudo apt-get upgrade
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.
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
How would I figure out what needs to be in the kernel?
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.
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.
Well, your question wasn't answered there as the last post in that thread mentions.
Quote:
Judging by the 2.6.26 version, that's Lenny that's running in the thin client. That means the Liquorix headers won't install, since they require a newer gcc version.
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