Showing posts with label fedora 9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fedora 9. Show all posts

Fedora 9 latest kernel - 4k stack disabled

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

it take a day to update fedora 8 to fedora 9.. actually, there are several way to upgrade it.
A. Download ISO fedora 9 -> burn DVD - > boot -> upgrade.
B. Update thru yum.. -> install fedora-release 9 rpm -> enter 'yum update'
C. Download ISO fedora 9 - > mount to /media/iso -> install fedora-release 9 package-> edit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora*.repo -> change 'baseurl=file:///media/iso/' -> then upgrade by simply enter 'yum update'

i choose step C, due to limited internet access in my place and i hate use cd/dvd.. :lol:

Here is the latest kernel for fedora 9 - i change only 2 thing in configuration for this kernel release.

  • CPU set to AMD K8
  • 4k stack disabled
kernel-2.6.25.3-18.fedora4520.fc9.i686.rpm -
kernel-devel-2.6.25.3-18.fedora4520.fc9.i686.rpm - Size : 17.83 megabytes

ndiswrapper
* successfully run atheros AR5BXB63 -in fedora 9 detect as Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.25.3-18.fedora4520.fc9.i686-1.52-1.i386.rpm -
ndiswrapper-1.52-1.i386.rpm -

Acer crystal Eye Webcam

kmod-uvcvideo-0.1.0-fedora4520.i686.rpm -

[root@fedora Desktop]# dmesg | grep uvcvideo
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Acer CrystalEye webcam (064e:a101)
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo

Notes : there are some problem with nvidia driver & kernel 2.6.25 , so i have to downgrade Xorg package and use xorg from Fedora 8 package.. how to downgrade?

Posted by fedorasal at 12:44 AM 10 comments  

Fedora 9 releases

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

i'm still downloading fedora 9 , it might take more than 24 hours to finish 3.4Gb iso DVD file.. lol,
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora , so, i will try to update fedora 9 as soon as possible

Posted by fedorasal at 6:16 PM 0 comments