INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
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Use upgradepkg to install the new kernel, kernel-modules, and alsa packages.
After installing the kernel-ide package you will need to run lilo ('lilo' at
a command prompt) or create a new system boot disk ('makebootdisk'), and
reboot.

I read this from the security section of the slackware site.

As far as just getting the new kernel installed and running, it this really that all needs to be done?
It seems so simple :P

i just wanted to get some reassurance before I went ahead and upgraded.

THanks

Yes.

I _just_ upgraded the kernel from 2.4.22 to 2.4.23 and had to upgrade the alsa pkgs, also, to make it work correctly in KDE..........However, I didn't use the kernel-ide and kernel-modules pkgs when upgrading. I used the kernel-source pkg and compiled from the source.

It seems the newer alsa pkgs (v0.9.8) won't work correctly without the upgraded kernel, cause I had probs in the past when trying to upgrade alsa without upgrading the kernel, and also had probs upgrading the kernel without upgrading alsa, when starting the KDE gui. The problem was not finding /dev/dsp when KDE started.

I also found that it's better to upgrade the kernel first, and then upgrade alsa.

HTH

Yes, that helped alot.

That was the kind of response I was hoping for.

Thanks much, im off to do that now