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simplesnake

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Registered: 2010-06-30

Posts: 5

Kernel Patching

Migrated from Ubuntu to Arch over a year ago, trasition took me a while, still noob-novice range.

I've tried various ideas to circumvent this bug.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23323

Managed to find ARM and even downgrade to 2.6.33 but I encounter the same bug.
Tried to reach 2.6.32 but was unable to get past a dependency issue.

I've read and mostly understand
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ker … 26_Package

I am still unsure as to where and how I modify the kernel.

browndwarf

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From: Virginia, USA

Registered: 2010-02-02

Posts: 7

Re: Kernel Patching

If you're looking for a quick fix, the LTS kernel from the repos works with wine 1.1.44 (as long as you get a copy of wldap32.dll from a windows machine and set winecfg to use native) and will install alongside your other kernel(s). the LTS kernel is 2.6.32.

As far as custom kernels go, the wiki has many different writeups on it. [wiki]http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ker … 26_Package[/wiki] Is the most current one that' I've found. I may be wrong, however. You should be able to edit the PKGBUILD and put any patches you want added in the sources section. I do not have much experience with this. Share what you find out!

If you do decide to compile a custom kernel with ABS, pay attention to pkgname so you don't overwrite your current kernel (unless that's what you want, of course).

demian

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From: Frankfurt, Germany

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 709

Re: Kernel Patching

It's easiest to get the kernel26 PKGBUILD files from ABS and just adjust it to have a custom name and apply the patch.

You can use these as an orientation. I use it for a custom kernel. It's based on the kernel26 PKGBUILD and creates a custom kernel (patched with CK, just replace the patches and every -ck string with -winefix or something like that).

Regards,
demian

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simplesnake

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Registered: 2010-06-30

Posts: 5

Re: Kernel Patching

the LTS kernel drops me into a recovery menu, it can't seem to find the root device, which is set the same as my regular kernel in grub so go figure.

Compiling cleared, but #pacman -U <kernel_package> doesn't seem to create any files despite saying otherwise.

looks like errors during the compile

resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): kernel26-custom-2.6.34-2

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   0.00 MB

I'm just going to admit defeat, this is above my current lvl, and I'll use another distro on another drive until this is fixed.

Thanks for your help though.

Last edited by simplesnake (2010-06-30 22:10:53)