Just wondering if it is unsafe for Slackware upgrade. Thanks.

I tried it last night, but after I rebooted I was having some problems with KDE. The icons on my KDE desktop disappeared, when I would open up a terminal window and try to type a command the text would just show up as blocks, not as the letters I typed; and if I tried to right click on my desktop the menu that normally appears when I right click didn't appear.

I switched back to 2.6.7 for now. I read here that there was supposedly an NFS related problem with 2.6.8 so they have released 2.6.8.1 already. I will give 2.6.8.1 a try later on and see how it goes. I do run NFS between a Slackware client and an OpenBSD server, but I don't know if that was causing the problems with KDE; although I do have an icon on my KDE desktop that links directly to a folder on my BSD box that I share via NFS. Who knows.

Been running 2.6.8 for 6 hours now, no problems whatsoever.

I just finished installing kernel 2.6.8.1 and it seems as though my problems have been fixed, everything functioning normally now.

I compiled with bootsplash support today and installed,everything works fine except dvd burner won't write

Hi, my 2.6.8.1 kernel compiled smoothly (my config was based on the Mandrake 2.6.3-7 settings, plus default answers to new options etc), but I have a major hitch - I now can't mount my any cd-rom's or floppy drives. I've checked my fstab and mtab files, but they appear to be fine. Anyone got ideas to fix this? Thanks in advance! Also, is there a way to enable supermount on the new kernel (though I have a feeling supermount is a Mandrake invention so is not included in 2.6.8.1? ;P).

Yeap _invader, Supermount is a Mandrake "invention". It's not actually Mandrake who invented it, but a certain Stephen Tweedie, and Mandrake is supporting it a lot.
Your mounting is not working probably because in your fstab, it is calling supermount to access your peripherals. Try commenting the lines with supermount and replacing them with a classic : "What Where Options " fstab syntax (see man fstab).

I found here (http://supermount-ng.sourceforge.net/) a kind of clone of supermount that (reading it) looks better than the still-too-young supermount. Anybody tried it ?

The pb now is that neither Supermount nore its clone have a 2.6.8 kernel patch,..... as far as I know. But Mandrake is about to release the 10.1 and it looks REALLY cool !!!

Hi there,

I am using the gentoo 2.6.8-r4 kernel.
Although there is no patch on the supermount-ng site, I found this patch:

http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2....unt-ng204.diff

see here how to do it.

http://www.capaman.8m.com/supermount.html

Basicly, download the patch. Extract it in your kernel source.
Patch kernel by doing :
patch -p1 < (patch name)

Make menuconfig and put supermount on (under file systems - pseudo filesystems).

You probably know the rest.

Just compiled my kernel with it. Gonna check if it works and post it.

laterz

Running the 2.6.8-r4 gentoo kernel with supermount-ng patch now.
Seems to work like a charm!

Hope it does the same for you.

Good luck!

I have ever complied kernel 2.6.6, however each time I reboot my computer, it will shut down my hard disk.

I have been using it for about three weeks now, the only problem I have had is with burning audio CD's. They don't record properly and I think there are going to fix the issue in 2.6.9.

2.6.8.1 for a few weeks on arch, no problems noticed yet.

Mmm.
That patch worked.
The kernel is very unstable though.
It hung on three different actions now.
Not sure if this is caused by the patch, seems highly unlikely.
2.6.7-gentoo-r14 still works great.

I only tried the 2.6.8 for the supposed better bluetooth support.
Still can't get my p800 to work decently (connection fails after short time).

Swithin' back to 2.6.7....

heard about something called 'magicdev' which is supposed to superseed 'supermount'.
actually i compiled 2.6.8.1 and want to use 'windows'-like functuality with removable media, but applying patches doesn't look safe for me.

Like the others, some issues with CD-burning (cdrecord doesn't seem to like the 2.6.8.x kernel for some reason)... but other than that no probs whatsoever.

slight