Very Computer

by **Jacob Gladis** » Tue, 21 Jul 1998 04:00:00

After installing a new video card (matrox millenium pci using the
SVGA server) I get trap errors and the server frequently crashes,
killing everything running at the time. I saw someone's post about
rebuilding a newer kernel because of a bug. Can someone tell me what's
needed to build a new kernel or point me to the documentation that I
alos saw mentioned. And also a recommendation on what kernel version I
should try building.

Thanks
Jake

by **Douglas G. Hen** » Tue, 21 Jul 1998 04:00:00

> Can someone tell me what's needed to build a new kernel or point me
> to the documentation that I alos saw mentioned. And also a
> recommendation on what kernel version I should try building.

You should probably start by trying to build 2.0.35 (the most recent
"stable" kernel). Get the standard kernel source tarball (canonical
source:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.0/
but use a mirror). Then get the alpha patch set from:
ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/Kernels/
the file you want is alpha-patches-2.0.34-0.1.gz.

Untar the kernel source and apply the patch. The patch, even though
it was designed for 2.0.34, will apply cleanly except for one reject.
The reject is for a typo in a comment which was corrected in both the
Alpha patch and in 2.0.34->35. Ignore it.

Build and compile the usual way. No special tricks.

If you _need_ a 2.1.x kernel, try 2.1.104. If you need bleeding edge,
try 2.1.109 + 2.1.110pre2 + my earlier post today about all the crufty
hacking you'll need to do to get it to compile.

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