On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Colburn wrote: > I am trying to get a bunch of stuff running on my new notebook (internal > modem and nic, dvd) and it sounds as though you have hit the motherlode > of up-to-date code! is this the correct site and source? > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ > linux-2.6.0-test1.tar.bz2 i've been downloading, building and running kernels since about 2.5.60 or so, and i've never done anything special, short of learning which kernel options to select. my goal was to get a basic system up and running. the stuff you're asking about, though, i haven't worked with. 1) internal modem: chances are it's a winmodem and for that, you'll have to mess with linmodem drivers. i have little interest in that, since i just use a PCMCIA net/modem combo card when i'm on the road. 2) internal NIC: i didn't order one of those with my laptop, i use a linksys WFC11 card here in the house, talks to the linksys router just fine. 3) DVD: haven't gotten around to that yet, but i suspect the players from freshrpms.net will work just fine. in short, my major concern was to get this laptop running with all the critical stuff, and it seems to be doing just that. as i said, i started back in the 2.5 series, made all my mistakes then, and just kept upgrading all the time, and stayed out of trouble. rday p.s. aside from the kernel, i did download and install the rawhide versions of modutils and mkinitrd, but that's about it. as i read it, you should also get the latest versions of nfs-utils as well, but i'm not running NFS at the moment. and downloading the patch for the nvidia driver from www.minion.de got my nvidia card working properly as well. piece of cake. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
