From: Klaus Zerwes on
mark.russel.mitchell(a)gmail.com wrote:
> I want to run Linux on my new pavilion laptop, but there's a bug
> <http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13449#c12> in the mainline
> kernel (after recovering from sleep, the battery is not seen), that
> makes the machine impractical for my desired use.
>
> Apparently, the bug is fixed in kernel version 2.6.32-rc8. I have
> recompiled kernels before in Slackware, but never in my preferred
> distro, (k)ubuntu. I've tried doing it in ubunutu, but the package
> build failed, and I can't figure out why.

Did you use the kernel-package for building the kernel?
This should be the preferred way to build kernel-packages in all
debian-based distros.

> So, my question is, is there a distro that has this bug fixed in their
> distributed kernel, or has a working (for me) kernel in their package
> manager.
>
> If all else fails, I'll put Slackware on for a month or two until the
> fixed bug does make it into a distributed kernel, but I'd rather not.
> I liked Slackware, but IMHO it needs more customizing than I have time
> for.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark

Klaus


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From: ralphy on
On 2009-12-04, Klaus Zerwes <kzerwes(a)web.de> wrote:
> mark.russel.mitchell(a)gmail.com wrote:
>> I want to run Linux on my new pavilion laptop, but there's a bug
>> <http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13449#c12> in the mainline
>> kernel (after recovering from sleep, the battery is not seen), that
>> makes the machine impractical for my desired use.
>>
>> Apparently, the bug is fixed in kernel version 2.6.32-rc8. I have
>> recompiled kernels before in Slackware, but never in my preferred
>> distro, (k)ubuntu. I've tried doing it in ubunutu, but the package
>> build failed, and I can't figure out why.
>
> Did you use the kernel-package for building the kernel?
> This should be the preferred way to build kernel-packages in all
> debian-based distros.
>
I used these directions;
<http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_ubuntu>

Everything worked as expected, up to this point:

>To build the kernel, execute these two commands:
>
>make-kpkg clean
>fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-custom kernel_image
>kernel_headers

The 'make-kpkg clean' seemed to work, but it ended with an error
message I don't recall (I tried this a week or two ago), and there
were no .deb files to install.

>> So, my question is, is there a distro that has this bug fixed in their
>> distributed kernel, or has a working (for me) kernel in their package
>> manager.
>>
From: Joe on
Klaus Zerwes wrote on 12/04/09 07:07:

> mark.russel.mitchell(a)gmail.com wrote:
>> I want to run Linux on my new pavilion laptop, but there's a bug
>> <http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13449#c12> in the mainline
>> kernel (after recovering from sleep, the battery is not seen), that
>> makes the machine impractical for my desired use.
>>
>> Apparently, the bug is fixed in kernel version 2.6.32-rc8. I have
>> recompiled kernels before in Slackware, but never in my preferred
>> distro, (k)ubuntu. I've tried doing it in ubunutu, but the package
>> build failed, and I can't figure out why.
>
> Did you use the kernel-package for building the kernel?
> This should be the preferred way to build kernel-packages in all
> debian-based distros.


But there probably is no kernel package for the -rc kernel that the OP needs.
Debian and derived distros add their own patches to the kernel, so a plain
vanilla kernel may have issues.
Yet another reason why I use Slackware. I always build my own kernel on Slack.

-Joe
From: J.O. Aho on
mark.russel.mitchell(a)gmail.com wrote:

> Apparently, the bug is fixed in kernel version 2.6.32-rc8. I have
> recompiled kernels before in Slackware, but never in my preferred
> distro, (k)ubuntu. I've tried doing it in ubunutu, but the package
> build failed, and I can't figure out why.

Gentoo do have rc kernels in it's portage.


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