Hi all, just wondering..

Has anyone successfully upgraded to the 2.6 kernel in the Mandrake cooker?
I've installed the RPM, etc, but it doesn't load at boot.

Any hints?

It's a good moment for you to try the source version and compile it yourself.
Nowadays is really simple (not more than ten commands and your new kernel is installed), and here you'll receive support.

Well, I installed it and got it working.

However, my mouse doesn't work at all. It came up with an error message at boot saying *whatever* device is no longer used. I selected the generic Ps/2 mouse and it didn't work thereafter.

Any help would be great.

grum

I installed latest kernel 2.6.0-test10 + patch 11. It works very well except a few things.
Bad things first : my webcam which use se40l.o module in 2.4 kernel dosen't work any more. The modules was compiled in kernel 2.6 but it is not recognized when system boots. I loaded the module manually still didn't work. USB mouse get weired after resume from suspension. Solution for this unload hid, and usb_uhci modules and reload it. Swsuspend dosen't work any more. It syas ' /proc/.xxx/swsup' donsen't exist.
Good things: apm -s works without reseting X when it resumes. With 2.4.22-21mdk kernel almost every time X being reset when it resumes. System dosen't hang when I insert AHA-1480 PCMCIA SCSI card. With 2.4.22-21mdk kernel system carshs if I insert this card.

grum:

- Your PS/2 does work under gpm ? (If you don't know what I'm talking about, forget about it)

Did you install the kernel rpm or compiled yourself?

- Check for a config-2.6.0..... file under /boot and see it the options

CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y

appear as so or on the other way, them appear as:

CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE is not set
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2 is not set

There are a few things that are different in 2.6.0. One is the way modules are loaded. Instead of /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modules you now have /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/modprobe.preload.

For the mouse problem try putting mousedev in /etc/modprobe.preload. Don't know about the webcam problem but at least you have a module to try and work with. My webcam doesn't even have a 2.6.0 module yet.

I compiled kerenel 2.6.0-test11 from the source. I didn't mention in previous post that my computer is labtop TP30, 2366-92U which has built in Synaptics touchpad and track point. Touchpad is disabled in the system bios. With this configuration track point works finel.
Here is the configuration part for the input devices.
# Input device support
#
CONFIG_INPUT=y

#
# Userland interfaces
#
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG is not set

#
# Input I/O drivers
#
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_SERIO=y
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
# CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT is not set
# CONFIG_SERIO_CT82C710 is not set
# CONFIG_SERIO_PARKBD is not set
# CONFIG_SERIO_PCIPS2 is not set

#
# Input Device Drivers
#
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SUNKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_NEWTON is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS=y
# CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL is not set
# CONFIG_MOUSE_INPORT is not set
# CONFIG_MOUSE_LOGIBM is not set
# CONFIG_MOUSE_PC110PAD is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_MISC is not set