2.6 upgrade (was re: KDE Panel)

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:23:12 -0500
koko <koko1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Thanks to all for your comments.  I guess if I am going to try to
> compile anything, I should go for the Linux 2.6 kernel, then worry 
> about experimenting with desktops.  As I look into upgrading to 2.6, I
> see many comments about making the compile from 2.4.  Since I'm still
> on 2.2-10, do I need to go to 2.4 and then 2.6, or can I jump from 
> here?

There is absolutely no need to upgrade the kernel in steps.  Check the archives of this list for various pointers.  There is information at the kernel site and at the following url about the requirements.

http://www.linux.org.uk/~davej/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt

You need to be a a certain level of mod-utils or above, and you need to be at XFree86 4.1.0 or higher.  This may, in turn, require other upgrades.

Note in particular that if you use 'make oldconfig' to rework your existing kernel config, several important items may be dropped by default.  See the above listed document for instructions.

Good luck,

-- 
Collins - Denver Area - Gentoo stable kernel 2.6.1-mm2
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