Anyone running a linux 2.6.22.x Kernel ok ?

[Summer Willow]

I've been experimenting with the newer 2.6.22.x kernels on my PCLOS install. Mostly moms been installing them because the 2.6.20.x kernels were very stable & added some nice power use things i think.

However anything AFTER that kernel series so far makes my screen freeze up then unfreeze at seemingly random intervals. What gives? Ideas? Anyone had any luck with this kernel series or is it nexuiz?

Thanks!

Da Fuzzy One

[Psychcf]

I'm using 2.6.22-14-generic. I found that that happened when I had a wine application running while I had avant window navigator running. Dunno if that's your problem but other then that it's smooth sailing for me...

EDIT: this started happening when I upgraded the kernel after ubuntu gutsy came out...

[Summer Willow]

Thanks Psych but I don't have any of that going on. Just running fluxbox and nothing else except for audacious (an music player). So I'm wondering if maybe I should just compile nexuiz myself with my new kernel?

If I wanted to do that where do I get instructions on how to do so please?

Summer

[Psychcf]

well, maybe a process is causing it. is it while playing nexuiz alone?

[Summer Willow]

I don't play any other games under linux but I guess I could try warsow...I hadn't thought of that actually. I'll give it a try tommorow & let you know.

SW

[Blµb]

What graphics card, which driver version, which X version?
I'm using 2.6.21.3 on my PC, and 2.6.23.1 on my laptop, both without any problems.
When I started using 2.6.23, i used 2.6.23-rc3, and had to use a patch for the nvidia drivers, but with the current ones and 2.6.23.1 I have no problems at all.

And for compiling, you simply unpack the engine***.zip file, it's in the released .zip file
then cd into darkplaces, and do `make`, that shows you a list of what you can do, eg: `make sdl-release` will build a binary that uses libSDL
Then you get a darkplaces-sdl or darkplaces-glx, or whatever from that, which you can use.

[FruitieX]

rasse@rasse-ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux rasse-ubuntu 2.6.22-14-386 #1 Sun Oct 14 22:36:54 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
rasse@rasse-ubuntu:~$

Ubuntu Hardy Heron running without problems of any kind.

[TK471]

I updated my Ubuntu Studio to 7.10, with generic kernel 2.6.22.x (not exact, I'm at work right now away from that machine), it was working fine, I even got Compiz installed and running (from the repository, really easy). I'm guessing the screensaver was on, and Nexuiz after a while of playing, went from full screen to a small window, and then the entire screen went blank, I had to kill X Windows with ctrl+backspace, and then I rebooted the machine. I need to go back and test it some more myself.

Also, I noticed that Nexuiz 2.3 is now part of Ubuntu repository.

[nexbender]

Archlinux version Blah (rolling-release system), custom 2.6.23.1 kernel with -rt5 realtime patch* (Ingo Molnar's stuff) plus git-hid patches from -mm tree (dude, I have an MS Natural 4000 w/ all the gizmos! I need me extra buttons! ). If I have problems, they are strictly the result of a poor upbringing.

*I do audio work and I hate having to boot into one of several kernels to get some particular feature. I use a realtime priority wrapper to start anything that doesn't properly set up its own PRI. It was quite sweet when using PS/2 keys/mouse, but with my switch to USB peripherals I'm noticing more stuff I'll probably either need to tweak or ditch to be happy with it again. And yes, for the curious, Nex can be run realtime, but there's simply no point in it. You're better off adjusting security limits for your user and starting Nex with a highish negative nice - and if you run Nex out of a custom .xinitrc like I do and don't have a window manager chewing cycles, there's probably no point in that either.

[Summer Willow]

OK Bender BREAAAAAAAAAAAATHE .... sorry i love you but you kinda lost me in the geek talk. Teach me Oh Guru!!!

I put in the older 2.6.20.18 kernel & all my issues went away. Soooo what ever they're putting into the newer kernels either doesn't like nexuiz OR the pclos dev team messed up somewhere. This isn't a gaming distro and well i considered running slackware but i don't know if i'm ready for that yet. Not sure I can be my own security sys admin, kernel updater, etc by myself yet. Mom helps alot sure but shes not perfect you know? And relying on her isn't fair.

sigh

oh well it works on this kernel from the pclos devs and I just don't get why it doesn't on the newer ones. bleh

Summer