New kernel packages - please test!

[James Blackwell]

On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 11:38:46AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> You can find a set of 2.6.8.1 kernel packages here:
> 
> deb http://www.no-name-yet.com/~mdz/kernel/ /
> 
> (e.g., apt-get install linux-image-2.6.8.1-686)
> 
> They include yummy driver goodness (ipw2100, ipw2200, prism2-usb, etc.), as
> well as fix the security vulnerabilities in 2.6.7.
> 
> Please test them out and report your experiences here.

I'm running 2.6.8.1. Seems to work fine for me. A couple notes:

1. The first time I tried to load the ipw2200 module, I got a gripe about
no firmware. I downloaded the firmware and put it in the hotplug directory
(next to the ubuntu firmware), and the device came right up.

2. sonypi: no joy here. I'm able to insert the module, but I have to
   mknod by hand. Once I do that, spicctrl gripes that everything I
   do is an invalid ioctl. Luckily though, if I set the backlight in
   windows, the setting "sticks" and I can get along fine.


Thanks for the good work! 


> 
> Thanks!
> 
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