I've already built kernel 2.6.7 successfully and that's what my comp's running now. I figured I'd try to update all the way to 2.6.9 just to be current, but as soon as I installed it successfully (booted up with no panic and everything) "less" stopped working - it no longer pages files, it just prints them out straight and exits. This problem ceased when I reverted to 2.6.7. On another note, my internet drivers (madwifi) won't build under 2.6.9 without errors, they only build under 2.6.7.

I'm fine with 2.6.7 for now, but I'd like to be able to update eventually.

Any ideas? Anyone else had the same problem?

Do a search in this forum. It is a udev problem and there is a solution for it.

Ah, excellent. I found the thread of which you speak.

For all those who may visit this thread for help, the thread which has all the answers is:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=245456

to be short ,
update this package : /slackware/a/udev-026-i486-1.tgz

egag