I am running kernel 2.4.22-1.2174.nptlsmp under fedora core 1. to upgrade to kernel 2.6, should i download the patch or should i download the whole kernel. are the patches for only 2.6 kernel, or do they upgrade other kernels forexample 2.4 to 2.6?
I am a below average knowledge user and am having difficulty understanding the kernel grading concept. Can anyome please explain?

basically i have a TV card which i have been unable to work on my computer for some reason. I have downloaded the drivers from video for linux site, the cx88. if you search for my posts you can find details on that issue.

TV card is the main reason i want to upgrade my kernel and sec is to learn how to do it.

Thanks for any suggestions and help in advance.

Hello,

yes, you have to download the full source tarball from "ftp.kernel.org" or one of it's mirrors. Currently I would recommend 2.6.3, which is the latest stable issue.

And: read the documentation!

cu

hp_tux

Thanks hp_tux

one more question, what is smp for?

Hello,

"SMP" stands for "Symmetric Multi Processor".

It's not relevant if you have a machine with only one CPU!

cu

hp_tux

I think that you use the smp kernel if you have a HyperThreaded processor as well. I'm not positive on that, but I think it's true.

Hello,

yes, I think you're right. I didn't consider this special case!

cu

hp_tux

That's what I'm looking for. Thanks.

The best way to upgrade kernel
http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/

look at the readme file to find yum or apt settings.

I used yum to install it! i never though it could be this easy to install new kernel...

New story, mouse does not work in the 2.6 kernel.... i read on another post to change mouse setting in XFconfig from /dev/mouse to /dev/input/mouse. Mine was already /dev/input/mouse , also i changed the inittab to log into text mode to check the mouse, and noticed that the keyboard doesn't work right either.

after all this bad news i do have good news, since i upgraded for my TV card to work, kudzu does see it and configure it... but i can't make sure that it works with xawtv since my mouse doesn't work....


just though i'd give you guys an update

hey, any way to patch my current kernel 2.4.22-1.2174.nptlsmp using yum or apt????

I had to add the following to my /etc/modprobe.conf to get my USB mouse and keyboard to work after I upgraded to 2.6.3.

alias usb-controller uhci-hc
alias keybdev usbkbd
alias mousedev usbmouse

More info can be found at http://fedoranews.org/jorge/howto/howto01.shtml

Good luck!

Err... For us newbies, could anyone post a howto on how to upgrade Fedora Core 1 to kernel 2.6.n? Or post a url with those instructions?

-landrew the

Sure,

Follow the link I posted in an earlier post http://fedoranews.org/jorge/howto/howto01.shtml

As a fellow newbie, I must warn you that it can be a pain in the rear to get 2.6.x to work correctly. I had issues with my USB keyboard and mouse and I spent about 8 hours getting my sound card to work with the way the kernel now handles sound (it uses ALSA now). Insturctions on getting USB stuff is in the link above. The kernel upgrade was pretty easy using their instructions.

I had my FC1 upgraded to 2.6.4, but I reinstalled my system again as KDE 3.2.1 was locking menus were locking up on me (I've since found out that the lockups may be a problem with the Klipper applet) I think I'll hold out for FC2 to become final before I play around with 2.6 again... unless I get adventurous

Good luck,

- THX

Is http://fedoranews.org/jorge/howto/howto01.shtml is the best way to upgrade a 2.4 kernel to 2.6 ? Seriously ?

Can't Synaptic or apt-get do it ?

I appreciate the effort from the author but they are not exactly crystal clear instructions

For example -

1) rm download the packages kernel, kernel-source and kernel-unsupported-modules

I didn't see any kernel-unsupported modules or even anything close

2) from this location and save them to your disk

Where on the hard disk ?

I'd like to uograde my 2.4 to a 2.6 kernel but I am not risking trashing my system for it. Backups, smackups !

Try downloading everything to the /tmp directory and going from there then once its downloaded create a whole new directory. But apt get doesn't work on fedora thats a debian equivalent to yum or yum is an equivalent to apt-get.

Anyways yum would be able to find it and install it however I'm waiting till I upgrade the full system.

I don't know if it's the best way to upgrade, but I didn't have any problem upgrading the kernel using their instructions. I was even a fresh noob when I tried it out.

Red Hat hasn't released an official upgrade to kernel 2.6 for FC1, which is why you won't be able to us yum unless you do a custom installation with it.

I agree with strikeforce and I'm awaiting FC2 Final before I try 2.6 again.