Over the last couple of months, I have been nagging myself to fix several of the issues with my Linux installation, in particular I need to:
update my kernel (currently 2.6.27-rc9)
get the wacom input device working with the newest xorg-server
add some snaz to my desktop configuration (openbox, dmenu…bleh)
So, sparing you the `wget`ing and `tar -xf`ing, [...]
I’m simply going to list the steps.
wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.27.6.tar.bz2
tar xf linux-2.6.27.6.tar.bz2
cd linux-2.6.27.6
zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
make menuconfig
make
su
make modules_install
mkinitcpio -k `make kernelrelease` -g /boot/kernel-`make kernelrelease`.img
cp System.map /boot/System.map-`make kernelrelease`
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-`make kernelrelease`
install -D -m644 .config /boot/kconfig-`make kernelrelease`
/sbin/depmod -A -v `make kernelrelease`
vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
reboot
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.
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, [...]
