rc3 is another solid release. Follow the same procedure documented in upgrading to linux-2.6.27-rc2.
The catalyst patch works with this release.
Simply alias startx to ‘exec startx’. For added convience, place it in /etc/bashrc, /etc/zshrc, or /etc/profile. Note, that if you run ’startx 2>&1 | tee startx.log’, this trick will fail.
Choosing to run the latest kernel means choosing to deal with errors. Luckily, my mileage with 2.6.27-rc2 has been pretty good. Here are a few pointers (and an experimental patch) to use when setting up catalyst-8.7 kernel 2.6.27-rc2.
I created the patch from various components incl.:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=485793
Also, note that I do not have any working [...]
git makes it incredibly easy to upgrade my kernel to the latest (but not necessarily greatest). I’ve decided that I’ll stick to tagged releases instead of the latest git pull.
I’ll skip the prologue and just show the commands.
Download the latest commits.
linux-git % git pull (Note: Make sure you are in the master branch [...]
I recently upgraded my kernel to linux-2.6.27-rc1.
This was the first time I compiled a kernel on this distro (but not the first time I have compiled one). Thankfully, the compilation had no problematic errors. This write up is more for my benefit than for yours; nevertheless, I hope it will help you out.
What works
ipw3945->iwl3945, catalyst, [...]
When I look at someone’s email signature and see a thought-provoking quote like “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent” (Salvor Hardin), I add it to my mental list of quotes, which, of course, is soon forgotten. Now, with a bit of pipe magic, I can use Mutt and fortune to make my [...]
