Kernel install problem...

[raghos]

Hi,

I've been happily using the 2.4.26 kernel so far, but I got a new wireless card and need to upgrade to 2.6. Which I tried by doing the following:

1) installpkg kernel-generic-2.6.7-i486-1.tgz
2) same with the modules/alsa drivers
3) creating the initrd,
4) configuring lilo

Now, I've had problems with the 2.6 kernels, but that's another history. My problem is that I tried to go back to the 2.4 kernel while I figure out the issues with the 2.6 kernel, but the following things have stopped working:

1) I have a toshiba laptop, and all the acpi stuff is gone from /proc
2) sound is broken. modprobe snd-intel8x0 fails, even after doing alsaconf. (
dmesg shows
ALSA intel8x0.c:2518: unable to grab IRQ 0
PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin B of device 00:1f.5. Please try using pci=biosirq.


Is there any way to "repair" the kernel by reinstalling it with the CDs? or some other way. I don't quite understand how the installation of the 2.6 kernels affected my 2.4 kernel. Does the installpkg kernel-etc-etc changes the initialization scripts? any ideas?

Thanks
Carlos

[paulmedic555]

Better way to upgrade the kernel is to compile it from source you will find many documentation in that.Search for schillo's site.When you attempting to install a new kernel always create a backup of the old kernel and the /boot directory.Now get kernel source from slackware second cd and after getting the instructions from schillo build your custom kernel as your needs

[raghos]

Better way to upgrade the kernel is to compile it from source you will find many documentation in that.Search for schillo's site.When you attempting to install a new kernel always create a backup of the old kernel and the /boot directory.Now get kernel source from slackware second cd and after getting the instructions from schillo build your custom kernel as your needs

Hi,

Thanks for your answer. I kind of know how to recompile the kernel, but given that the kernel (w/acpi) that came with the cd's was working just fine I was wondering how could I just reinstall that one.