How to upgrade from kernel 2.4.33 to 2.6.29

Zebis · 04-01-2009, 05:33 PM

Can anyone help me upgrade my kernel? i tried to D/L the sources by myself and compile, etc... but I clearly am not doing it properly as it will not boot. I am a little new to manually installing / upgrading kernels.

EDIT: Wow... I think it would have been helpfull for me to give some more info... like I am using Slackware 11, fresh install. I made the old kernel accessable in the LILO boot menu, so I can still boot in without any problems with the old kernel.

Didier Spaier · 04-01-2009, 05:41 PM

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vinegaroon · 04-02-2009, 01:47 AM

Any reason why you're running a fresh install of Slackware 11?

Zebis · 04-02-2009, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by vinegaroon

Any reason why you're running a fresh install of Slackware 11?

The company uses StarOffice 5.2 (because of its other feature taken out in later versions) and it would not install on 12.

Zebis · 04-02-2009, 12:34 PM

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Thankyou very much! I am about to go through those steps now. It seemed as if my main problem was the config settings I used, but I have had almost no experience configuring the kernel.

Zebis · 04-02-2009, 03:21 PM

I could not find a config file for kernel version 2.6.29 but I found a generic one and used it. I am able to boot in and everything seems to work fine, except StarOffice gives me a seg fault now. Any idea how I can find more info about the seg fault or what kernel config options I may need to change?

Didier Spaier · 04-02-2009, 03:58 PM

Please send all the error messages you get. The segfault can have a lot of reasons, the way the kernel is configured being not the more probable IMHO, but let's check the error messages first.

Zebis · 04-03-2009, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Didier Spaier

Please send all the error messages you get. The segfault can have a lot of reasons, the way the kernel is configured being not the more probable IMHO, but let's check the error messages first.

Thats all I get.

#./soffice
segmentation fault
#

Didier Spaier · 04-03-2009, 03:14 PM

Sorry, no clue then.

But after googling a little I suspect that StarOffice 5.2 simply does not work with a kernel newer than 2.6.6

And unfortunately I'm not so optimistic about having Slackware 11.0 working with a 2.6.6 kernel