Hi All
From the mailing list… some of the 2.6.37 features
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2010-11/msg00199.html
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.32.24-0.2-default
up 3 days 0:23, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.06, 0.08
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 260.19.21
I feel quite confident that we will get 2.6.37 for 11.4. It has the broadcom open-source drivers included, in addition to many more drivers.
Features that are going into 2.6.37:
Drivers:
Please refer to: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2010-11/msg00199.html
Cheers!
Romanator
Interesting. Thank you M
I am a newbie on kernel implementation, and in 11.4 m3 with .36 I feel a notable improvement on recogninzing my G. Card and erasing files, shutdown, open software speed has become a great news to me, if .37 is a bug fixes, I think OpenSUSE .4 will be phenomenal with that!!
I feel quite confident that we will get 2.6.37 for 11.4.
Let’s wait and see. Many of the key people are in favour of 2.6.37, but there seems to be a problem with Intel HD graphics. That would be a show stopper. Re: [opensuse-factory] Kernel for 11.4?
Well I just installed the latest kernel release linux-2.6.37-rc2 and installed it under openSUSE 11.3, reloading the nVidia driver 260.19.21, all for KDE 4.4.4 and all is working just fine for me so far. I did use the latest sakc script 1.2 to make the install. Not sure this proves anything if there is an issue with Intel Graphics, but it does work just fine for me at rc2.
Thank You,
From which directory? 
No repository is required. You go here and download the kernel of your choice:
Then, if you have not already done so, download the sakc script shown in message #26:
S.A.K.C - SuSE Automated Kernel Compiler
Follow the instructions to make the sakc script executable. Open up a terminal session, change to your Downloads folder, or where ever you placed the kernel source file you downloaded and run the command:
sakc linux-2.6.37-rc2.tar.bz2
Using the actual name of the kernel you downloaded of course. All previous kernels will be preserved and the new one added to your grub menu.lst file. This most likely will not work if you are using grub2, but I don’t yet know that solution. And anyway, you are done. If you install the ATI or nVidia driver manually, it must be reinstalled. You should also confirm your selected video mode and options commands like nomodeset on the kernel load line have been preserved and then reboot.
It takes an hour or so on most computers to compile your own version, but you can download any version they keep online at the kernel.org site for use with openSUSE. I have installed kernels in both openSUSE 11.2 and 11.3, up to the most recent kernel with no problems. I would say though that staying with a final release like 2.6.36 would be suggested.
Thank You,
I tried it but opted out due to the many questions being asked. Correct me if I’m wrong. But, you mentioned in an earlier posting that you answered no to all of the questions.
In sakc. Rather than pressing ‘n’ or ‘y’ many times. Can you add or append the line where the question asks “no” “yes” or ‘1’ “no to all” and ‘2’ “yes to all” ?
Cheers!
Romanator
Kernel 2.6.37-rc2 may be found in the /Kernel:/HEAD repos here Index of /repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_11.3.
Installed 2.6.37-rc2-1 today, with but one (1) problem (as yet). The install appeared to not update /boot/grub/menu.lst. Past updates from this repo have consistently updated the GRUB menu. Updated manually, and booted satisfactorily.
Preliminary observation is that the Intel graphics have not (as yet) picked up solution to Intel and upstream bug #29278. A circumvention for this problem has been posted here The “Black Screen” on Boot … a Surprise !.
Note: I am aware that this is an 11.3 repo. The corresponding /Factory repo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_Factory/ shows kernel 2.6.34-94.1.
The main thing is to stay on top of that bug so that the Intel graphics are fully supported (without any black screen) by the kernel in openSUSE 11.4.
It looks like 2.6.37x is still being worked on until it’s availability in openSUSE 11.4 in March, 2011.
On 11/18/2010 01:06 PM, Romanator wrote:
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> The main thing is to stay on top of that bug so that the Intel graphics
> are fully supported (without any black screen) by the kernel in openSUSE
> 11.4.
>
> It looks like 2.6.37x is still being worked on until it’s availability
> in openSUSE 11.4 in March, 2011.
As 2.6.37 is now at RC2, and a new kernel is never released until after RC7 or
RC8, there are at least 5 or 6 weeks left before release.
It is vitally important that any bugs in the Intel drivers be reported to the
kernel bugzilla, otherwise, they will never be fixed. The Novell one is not
likely to get the attention.
My HP Mini 110 netbook has the following graphics adapter:
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME,
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308f]
The i915 driver mostly works. When the system is idle, there is a two-step
screen blanking. The machine awakens from the first with only a key press, but I
have to close the cover to get back from the second. No patch yet.
I tried it but opted out due to the many questions being asked. Correct me if I’m wrong. But, you mentioned in an earlier posting that you answered no to all of the questions.
In sakc. Rather than pressing ‘n’ or ‘y’ many times. Can you add or append the line where the question asks “no” “yes” or ‘1’ “no to all” and ‘2’ “yes to all” ?
Cheers!
Romanator
Hello Romanator and thanks so much for your comments. As for the (NEW) kernel modules in each kernel, each has some default setting which might be N=no or Y=Yes, but they are not all the same. The default is shown with a capital letter and just pressing enter is the safe thing to do, but you can enter Y=yes or N=no or M=Module (as in build one, but loading is optional) and ?=help for more info on the new option.
Now I see many that want to use kernel.head, but what if you do not want to use 2.6.37-rc2, but load or reload 2.6.36? The sakc script allows me to use ANY kernel version for which a source file exists. If you save the source file, you could use it later if you had to reload openSUSE. Without something like sakc, or if you are as smart as lwfinger and know the kernel compile commands by memory, then either you are using the current kernel for openSUSE 11.? or kernel.head and that are your choices. If I want to use 2.6.36 everywhere until the file 2.37.7 is release, I can do that and I can do that on most any current openSUSE version. Further, as long as we use grub legacy, it adds a new load option in your menu.lst file and does not remove any other kernels, no matter what your multi-version kernel setting is set for.
Thank You,
I remember compiling a kernel when I was using openSUSE 10.3. However, I was using the graphical representation.
And, it was also compiled from the desktop. I think I was using kbuild. Have you tried it?
Remember to have a lot of fun!
Romanator
@lwfinger
I also try to post on the Factory mailing list and include the Bugzilla number. I have had success in speeding up some issues for patches.
Romanator I remember compiling a kernel when I was using openSUSE 10.3. However, I was using the graphical representation.
And, it was also compiled from the desktop. I think I was using kbuild. Have you tried it?
Remember to have a lot of fun!
Romanator
Romanator, I was under the impression that kbuild was dead and died several years ago, but I could be wrong. Can’t find anything new about it when I searched on it. I am not sure that anything would work better or faster than using sakc in the terminal mode, but I could be mistaken. I will look to anywhere that something sounds promising on kernel compiles. By the way, I most likely will not live long enough to see kernel 2.37.7 and was thinking more about 2.6.37, but who is counting? lol!
Thank You,
I don’t think even Linus or I will be around for 2.37. Lol. I predict Linus will change the kernel version numbering to 3.x by the next 2 - 3 years.
Have you thought of integrating ncurses?
Cheers!
Romanator
Btw Kbuild was around 3 years ago.
I don’t think even Linus or I will be around for 2.37. Lol. I predict Linus will change the kernel version numbering to 3.x by the next 2 - 3 years.
Have you thought of integrating ncurses?
Cheers!
Romanator
I have read about ncurses and my sakc script even calls one app written in it, menuconfig. But I have not even got part of the way through what bash scripting can do. Plus, I was looking for something you can share with everyone and has some hope they can join in the fun and to contribute back if they wanted. It remains to be seen if I get many others interested (in bash scripting), but I feel I am seeing several more people willing to write a bash script and to post it online for us all to use. This was my hope and goal.
Thank You,
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