Re: [Test-Announce] urgent testing call: F13 kernel-2.6.33.1-24.fc13

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On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, everyone. We're looking at pulling kernel-2.6.33.1-24.fc13 into
> Fedora 13 Beta, quite late, because current Beta candidate builds
> include kernel-2.6.33.1-19.fc13 which is known to include a severe bug
> that breaks boot on systems with Broadcom wired ethernet adapters
> supported by the b44 module.
>
> However, -24 has other changes from -19, including to the nouveau
> (NVIDIA graphics) and iwlwifi (Intel wifi) drivers. We really need as
> many people as possible to test kernel -24, which you can get at
> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=164598 , and
> confirm that it works okay on your systems.
>
> To install it, use 'rpm -ivh' for the kernel and -devel packages. If you
> have kernel-headers installed, 'rpm -Uvh' that first. Then reboot to the
> kernel and check that it boots up okay. Please reply to this thread with
> your results. Thanks!

I don't mind trying it tonight but I need some advice on how to do it
on my system. I'm using the binary nvidia driver. Is there a way to
tell X to ignore my xorg.conf from the kernel options in grub or do I
need to temporarily rename my xorg.conf file?

Richard
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