Problems with vanilla kernels on OpenSUSE 11.1

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Hello folks,

unfortunatelly i cannot use any native SUSE-kernel for my purpose. Thus i have to use a vanilla one. I also can take NOT any vanilla version, but just a certain one.

---------PROBLEM DESCRIPTION-----------------------
I always compiled and installed a vanilla kernel as the following:
$ make clean
$ make mrproper
$ make defconfig
$ make menuconfig
Processor type and features →
Processor family (586/K5/5x86/6x86/6x86MX)
$ make prepare > protocol_make_prepare.log 2>&1
$ make > protocol_make.log 2>&1

make modules_install > protocol_make_modules_install.log 2>&1

make install > protocol_make_install.log 2>&1

Vanilla 2.6.28.9:
I had to tinker by this Version because X-Server couldn’t start.
If sax2 brings X-Server to start, X-Server freezes on both (Fujitsu-Siemens Scenic with Intel 865 G grapic card and Fujitsu-Siemens Linfebook with Intel 855 GM graphic card, both have an x86-Processor). Even if sax2 ends successfully, it’s not possible to start X-Server with the command $ startx.

Vanilla 2.6.27, 2.6.27.13 and 2.6.27.19:
They work on Fujitsu-Siemens Scenic, but sometimes fail to start on Fujitsu-Siemens Linfebook (blank screen and no hdd-activity).
Unfortunatelly USB storage-devices cannot be mounted even manually (they are simply not recognized). On OS-Startup i see blank screen only instead of startup messages.

Vanilla 2.6.25.11:
fails on both Fujitsu-Siemens Scenic and Fujitsu-Siemens Linfebook (blank screen and no hdd-activity)

---------QUESTIONS--------------
Vanilla 2.6.28.9, vanilla 2.6.25.11:

  1. Could i somehow check in advance that vanilla 2.6.28.9 won’t work with an Intel graphic card on those Fujitsu-Siemens PC’s instead of tinkering around trying to start X-Server?
    Could i check in advance that vanilla 2.6.25.11 will fail on startup?

  2. Are there any known issues about Fujitsu-Siemens PC’s and/or Intel graphic cards?

  3. Vanilla 2.6.27, 2.6.27.13, 2.6.27.19, 2.6.28.9, 2.6.25.11:
    When installing i get such messages like:
    “FATAL: Module usbcore not found.
    WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module ‘usbcore’ found.”

  4. Vanilla 2.6.27, 2.6.27.13, 2.6.27.19:
    The home-parition on the Fujitsu-Siemens Linfebook has some problems. The native kernel of SUSE stars thus fsck automatically and repairs it. But neither of vanilla kernels 2.6.27, 2.6.27.13 and 2.6.27.19 do this. Have i forgotten some configurations before compile those vanilla kernels? Further problem is that i cannot mount the home-parition manually in this case.

  5. General question:
    What kernel configuration Parameters shoud i set/unset to make a vanilla kernel behave close to an OpenSUSE 11.1 native kernel? (E. g. that AppArmor doesn’t fail).
    Are there any known issues about a vanilla Kernel and OpenSUSE, as the case may be a vanilla kernel and a Linux-Distribution?

Thanks in advance.