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Old 04-07-2007, 06:28 AM   #1
markomarko
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installing slack 11 - modem/packages dilemma...


i have slack 10.2 and i want to install slack 11 - here's my questions:

1 - i'm using winmodem lucent, and it works with ltmodem-8.26a driver...if i install 2.6 kernel, will i be able to find driver for modem that supports 2.6 kernel?

2a - if i, during installation, choose to install 2.6 kernel, as i have read, i will have to install some packages that works with 2.6 kernel (alsa, for example), question is - do i have to uninstall already installed packages (example: uninstall alsa package that was installed during installation)

2b - same as above, only difference is that i will install 2.4 kernel during installation, and 2.6 will compile myself


p.s. now i'm searching the web to see if someone has the same dilemma...

tanks!
 
Old 04-07-2007, 11:29 AM   #2
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For the modem driver, check the LQ-HCL to see if another user has the same/similar modem and kernel. Use Google, and also try Linmodems.org, Linuxant.com, and Winmodems.org.
I have 4 modems here, none of them with Lucent chipsets, but also none of them work for me with 2.6.x.
As for the upgrade to Slack 11, I recommend you:
Go with the stock kernel for simplicity, and then compile your own 2.6 one to your own liking afterwards..
As for installed packages, nothing need be uninstalled/reinstalled, for the new kernel, with the exception perhaps of such self-compiled third-party stuff like modem drivers, video drivers, etc..
ALSA, for example, remains unchanged.
 
  


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