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> Hi all,
>
> I am attempting to recompile the kernel on RedHat Linux 9 (Red Hat),
> but I might as well install the latest stable kernel...
>
> RHL 9 comes with 2.4.20-9 as the latest available.
>
> however, 2.4.22 is out, and been out for a while. it adds ACPI which,
> as far as I understand is another way to monitor processor temp, seems
> that i2c/lm_sensors will not work with IBM systems, something with
> ThinkPad EPROM (my system is xSeries 220 type 8646)...
>
> [any other ways to see/monitor Processor temperature?]
>
> However...
>
> I very much hesitate to mess with the system, since each time I tried
> to do so, I managed to break the system, for example, I once tried to
> install a later version of Mozilla into RHL 7.x and managed to break
> lots of utils/programs/gui stuff, do not really recall, but I think
> that the main thing broken was the help system, which I use a lot...
>
> any way. is there a "safe" way to install a new kernel on RHL?
>
> Does RedHat make any custom changes/patches/fixes to the kernel
> source?
>
> Where should I get the source from?
>
> directly from the kernel.org:
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...-2.4.22.tar.bz2
>
> from redhat rawhide?
>
> from redhat beta/severn?
>
> I found two versions of the sources, once is
> kernel-source-2.4.22...i386.rpm and the other is
> kernel-2.4.22...src.rpm (one in the RPM tree, one in the SRPM tree)
>
> I the following are the latest I could find, Which should I use?
>
> kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2088.nptl.i386.rpm
>
> or
>
> kernel-2.4.22-1.2088.nptl.src.rpm
>
> what does 1.2088.nptl means?
>
> are there any other packages I'll need to update if I want to install
> the new kernel?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -avi

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> I just upgraded from this
>
> [16:03] abit:~ > rpm -qa | grep kernel
> kernel-utils-2.4-7.4
> kernel-doc-2.4.20-20.7
> kernel-2.4.20-20.7
> kernel-source-2.4.20-20.7
>
> to 2.4.22 from kernel.org. I am running on a RH 7.3+ base but the process
> should be the same. The primary concern is to not damage the existing
> kernel. I follow these steps:
>
> 1. Download linux-2.4.22.tar.bz2
> 2. There will be a link pointing to the current source tree:
> linux-2.4 -> linux-2.4.20-9
> OR
> linux -> linux-2.4.20-9
> Note these must be changed to the new source tree. Only the
> linux -> link is actually required.
> 3. Check first to make sure no existing directories are overwritten:
> tar tvjf linux-2.4.22.tar.bz2 | head
> 4. Untar the new kernel:
> cd /usr/src
> tar xjf linux-2.4.22.tar.bz2
> 5. Restore the current source link:
> ln -svf linux-2.4.22 linux
> 6. Prep fresh kernel source (only first time after install):
> make mrproper
> 7. Proceed with configuration and build. I would then use the following
> but your needs may be different (such as initrd):
> make {xconfig or menuconfig}
> make dep > /dev/null
> make clean > /dev/null
> make bzImage > /dev/null
> make modules > /dev/null
> make modules_install
>
> You may also want to copy over your old .config file and start from
> there. check out 'make oldconfig'
> 8. After this, remember to move the new kernel, and System.map to /boot and
> add the new kernel info to grub or lilo config files.
>
> Regards,
> Tim.
>
> Aviram Carmi wrote:
>

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>
> emilio lazardo wrote:
>
>
>
> If you have any RedHat kernel-source RPM's installed, you can look in
> /usr/src/linux-<version>/configs and there are several configuration files
> there. Load one of them when you make xconfig or menuconfig and only change
> what you need. It'll save a lot of potential headaches that way.
>
> Also, after you do "make modules_install" as above, you need to do "make
> install" as well.
>
> Keith

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> Never used 'make install' as I use my own build script. What does it do?
>
> Rgds,
> tim.
>

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> Hi all,
>
> I am attempting to recompile the kernel on RedHat Linux 9 (Red Hat),
> but I might as well install the latest stable kernel...
>
> RHL 9 comes with 2.4.20-9 as the latest available.
>
> however, 2.4.22 is out, and been out for a while. it adds ACPI which,
> as far as I understand is another way to monitor processor temp, seems
> that i2c/lm_sensors will not work with IBM systems, something with
> ThinkPad EPROM (my system is xSeries 220 type 8646)...
>
> [any other ways to see/monitor Processor temperature?]
>
> However...
>
> I very much hesitate to mess with the system, since each time I tried
> to do so, I managed to break the system, for example, I once tried to
> install a later version of Mozilla into RHL 7.x and managed to break
> lots of utils/programs/gui stuff, do not really recall, but I think
> that the main thing broken was the help system, which I use a lot...
>

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> I upgraded my rh9 install to the latest stable 2.4.22 kernal and all was
> fine until today when I downloaded the latest security patches.
>
> Now when I boot the 2.4.22 kernal my xwindows will not come up?
> I can boot he original 2.4.20-8 kernal and it works?
>
> I have no idea what the security patches changed except that one was for
> glibc. I completely rebuilt the kernal again thinking maybe I need to
> compile and link with the new library but no luck.

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> Rick10 wrote:
>
>
>
> So what kind of graphics card do you have and what kind of error message
> does xfree86 give?
>
>
> //Aho
>

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