Results 1 to 5 of 5
Thread: My kernel and driver kernel...
|
Enjoy an ad free experience by logging in. Not a member yet? Register.
|
|
-
05-21-2006 #1
- Join Date
- Jun 2005
- Posts
- 40
My kernel and driver kernel...
My kernel is 2.4.31.
Do I have to use the same kernel that the driver was built with in order for it to work?
-
05-21-2006 #2
Originally Posted by hlstriker
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...24.8-inst.html
So official ATI drivers will work:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/sla...g-ati-rpm.html"To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow."
-Bruce Lee
-
05-21-2006 #3
- Join Date
- Jun 2005
- Posts
- 40
Ok thanks, I think I am going to try and update my kernel to the newest stable version anyhow though. I tryed getting 2.6.16.17, but when I tryed to load it up, it told me something about a mount point?
Does anyone know why it's saying that? (I'm on my old backup kernel now)
-
05-22-2006 #4
- Join Date
- Jun 2005
- Posts
- 40
I got my kernel upgraded to 2.6.16.17, but now my USB optical mouse doesn't move or light up. The thing is, when I click one of the buttons on the mouse, my mouse will light up like it usually does when it's on. Also, my monitor is blank when it is booting up, but when it is time to log a user in, it comes back on. I looked through the menuconfig to see if I could find anything to change for those 2 problems, but I couldn't find anything in there that I thought might change it (I am pretty new to Linux, so I don't really know what i'm looking for anyhow).
Here is what I did to upgrade my kernel...
make menuconfig
make
make modules
make modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/2.6.16.17
pico /etc/lilo.conf
lilo -v
The new kernel seems to be working fine except for the 2 problems above. Also my sound doesn't seem to be working anymore either. I will deal with that later though.
------------[E D I T]----------------------------
It seems that only my X is working. When I try to CTRL + ALT + 6, it stays blank instead of going to the text only login screen like it usually does. CTRL + ALT + 7 works though, which is my X.
-
05-22-2006 #5
Originally Posted by hlstriker
Code:make menuconfig
Code:Device Drivers ---> Graphics support --->
Code:< > Support for frame buffer devices
Code:Console display driver support --->[*] VGA text console[*] Video mode selection support
Code:Loadable module support --->[*] Enable loadable module support[*] Automatic kernel module loading
Code:cat /proc/bus/input/devices
"To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow."
-Bruce Lee