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It was intended, planned, tested and announced before: +<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/2011-July/006681.html">https://www.mageia.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/2011-July/006681.html</A> + +><i> there should have been something like kernel-desktop-latest3 for a +</I>><i> while, to let people test that 3.0 thing (rc, right? I know this is +</I>><i> cauldron, but I'd still prefer a kernel that works) while still having a +</I>><i> 2.6 kernel. +</I>><i> +</I> +You still have the 2.6.38.8 kernel installed so you can boot it if 3.0 +does not work. + +><i> this 3.0 kernel is a piece of crap. my acer laptop behaves hectically +</I>><i> (now I have a mouse, now it's frozen, now the system claims it will +</I>><i> reboot, now I have to press the power button for 5 seconds to shutdown +</I>><i> it), bcm4311 doesn't work even with the correct firmware in +</I>><i> /lib/firmware/b43, a fully-fledged pita. +</I>><i> +</I> +Have you filed bugreports here or upstream ? + +><i> reverting to 2.6.38.8-5 brought back the joy (and the wireless internet). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> but I suppose there won't be any update to the 2.6.38.8 kernel, right? +</I> +Nope. + +><i> even for an unstable thing like cauldron this is rather wrong, because +</I>><i> 3.0.0 is not a released kernel as of yet. and a working kernel is a +</I>><i> precondition to a working distro. +</I>><i> +</I> +Well it works here. (and for many other Cauldron users). + +and both i586 and x86_64 kernels were tested on a i7-860 workstation and +on a Acer TravelMate 5720 laptop before submitting to the buildsystem... + + +><i> forcing an rc-something as the current kernel is... unbenevolent +</I>><i> dictatorship. +</I>><i> +</I> +There is no forcing... +the old kernel is still installed so you can use it if you need. + +And if you dont like automatic kernel upgrades, uninstall kernel-*-latest + + +><i> yeah, I know, fedora rawhide and kubuntu 11.10 also have this +</I>><i> 3.0.0-rc7-crap sort of thing. so you can't have the latest packages +</I>><i> (including the latest kde) w/o having a broken kernel. sigh. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> but my message stands. tmb, I hate you for pushing this kernel as a +</I>><i> forced update via kernel-desktop-latest. +</I>><i> +</I> +Thanks + +its always good to know my work is appreciated... + +-- +Thomas + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006792.html">[Mageia-dev] kernel 3.0 is a big mistake in cauldron +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006829.html">[Mageia-dev] kernel 3.0 is a big mistake in cauldron +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6825">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6825">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6825">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6825">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |