[GRLUG] Meeting agenda?

[Michael Mol]

There are a few different reasons you might want to compile a kernel

* You may be working on a system with a limited amount of RAM or disk
space, so you need the kernel to take as little space as possible.
* You may want to play with a Really Cool Feature that's not present
in your distro's default kernel.
* You might have bought a bleeding-edge piece of hardware whose driver
isn't in the kernel version your distro offers.  Not too long ago, USB
was bleeding edge, and only the 2.4 kernels had full support.  More
recently, gigabit ethernet had limited driver support.  Today, SATA is
on the bleeding edge.

On 10/10/06, Ben Rousch <brousch at orthicomp.com> wrote:
>
>
> You forgot the most pertinent question: Why should you compile a custom
> kernel?
>
> Through five years and countless (OK, I could count them, but I'm feeling
> too lazy right now) distros I have never compiled a kernel. When is it
> necessary these days?
>
>
>  Quoting Bill Littlejohn <billl at mtd-inc.com>:
>
>  > Distro differences (I use Suse), getting the source, compiled modules
>  > VS binary modules, how to add modules and common reasons you would want
>  > to, how to remove modules and why you would want to, reverting to your
>  > old kernel, setting the default kernel.
>  > I think that about covers it.
>  >
>  >
>  > Michael Mol wrote:
>  >> OK.  The demo will be on Ubuntu.
>  >>
>  >> What questions do people around here have when it comes to compiling a
>  >> Linux kernel?
>  >>
>  >> On 10/10/06, Nathan Drier <ndrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>> Id be super excited to see a little demo on kernel building.  I'd even
> skip
>  >>> my M$ Client / Server class to attend on that tuesday =)
>  >>>
>  >>> nate
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>> On 10/10/06, Bill Littlejohn <billl at mtd-inc.com> wrote:
>  >>>
>  >>>> I had forgotten about that.
>  >>>> I think compiling a new kernel is probably the most likely issue a new
>  >>>>
>  >>> Linux user would face, and also the scariest.
>  >>>
>  >>>> If it doesn't get covered at the next meeting, please try to get it
> into
>  >>>>
>  >>> the next.
>  >>>
>  >>>> BL
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>>> Michael Mol wrote:
>  >>>> I can cover the key-based SSH authentication. I take it the kernel
>  >>>> compile demo isn't that popular.
>  >>>>
>  >>>> On 10/10/06, Szymon Machajewski
>  >>>> <SMachaje at grcc.edu> wrote:
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>>> The following topics are listed on our site as either requested or
>  >>>> volunteered:
>  >>>>
>  >>>> Oracle 10g database installation on RedHat Linux
>  >>>> Linux in a AD domain
>  >>>> MySQL + DBD::mysql (and PHP ?)
>  >>>> Oracle 10g RAC on Linux
>  >>>>
>  >>>> Which database? Oracle, MySQL, MS Access, OpenOffice Base
>  >>>> Moving MS Access databases to MySQL server while keeping the GUI
>  >>>> osCommerce installation including PHP,MySQL, Apache
>  >>>> Key-based SSH authentication
>  >>>> WPA wireless security on Linux. Howto type of thing
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>>> Any volunteers to tackle them? I think we need 3 medium or 2 large
>  >>>> ones ... with pepperoni.
>  >>>>
>  >>>> Szymon Machajewski
>  >>>>
>  >>>> Solutions Engineer / DBA
>  >>>> Red Hat Certified Engineer
>  >>>> Oracle Certified Associate
>  >>>>
>  >>>> Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
>  >>>> www.grcc.edu/smachaje
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