Forum: Kernel

Is there an easy way for me to find out if a specific option is enabled in my kernel? For instance, I need to know if the option PF_KEY sockets is...

Can anybody help! :lol: The detail information of BIOS bootup parameters of X86 copied to _empty_zero_page?

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows the exact parameters I have to set so that the kernel compiles in the APM magament stuff. Right now one kernel...

What are the main differences between 2.4.x and 2.6.x? I just acquired a QuickCam yesterday and was wondering if using the new kernel would be better...

I have this problem with my laptop where I have one bad memory address (I know because I ran Memtest86 several times) which will cause a freeze every...

I need ask a process to wait for a while / sleep for a while, then wake up. Is there any available sleep/wait function in the kernel? Or, how to...

CAn anyone tell me 1.How to list which modules are loaded at bootup 2.How to add and/ensure that a specific module is loaded at bootup? Why?...

I have installed an evalution version of SUSE Enterprise Server 9 on a Virtual Machine. I copied the files vmlinuz and initrd to .old versions and...

I just compiled a new kernel for my laptop and eventhough I got no errors during compiling, the machine now stops after GRUB states "Uncompressing...

I recently bought a sata dvd-rw of Plextor,the model is:PX-712SA,it is not recognized at all from the fedora 3.Neither on the harware browser nor in...

So far I haven't found any distro with a QNX ready kernel, does anybody know of one? I have CRUX, but it's designed to build the kernel from...

Noob using MDK 10.0 w/2.6.3-7. I have now installed flashplayer, java plugins in Mozilla and also a dialup modem driver. I would like to install this...

Dear All, I am a newbie, studying Kernel Linux(uClinux). Could you help me, how to study well? Please, give me some documents or links on...

Apart from the new drivers that have to be made do u think there will ever be an end to the linux kernel where it is absolutly perfect?

okay guys what is this kernel....... i have read the defination:it saysit supporst the os and blah blah blah could anybody tell me anything other...

Hey there! I recently installed h3knix 1.7.8, a newly developed distro, and, after two hours of tries, and 2 installations, I managed to compile...

I cannot mount Harddisk (fat32), In the console, I command: mount -t vfat /dev/hdd5 /home/fat32 output "mount : fs type vfat not supported...

When I ran my program, the box crashed /hang on. I found the following information about error. But I don't know how to analysis it. Does anyone have...

I used a website to walk through a kernel upgrade... everything "seemed" to go as the website described it would...except when I rebooted I now have...

How do you compile the linux kernel and what files do you need to compile in order for linux to run?