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bartman

Member

Registered: 2007-07-25

Posts: 16

[Request] a laptop specific kernel

Hi!

I haven't been having good luck with kernel compilation ever but I would really like someone to compile one with a few patches for laptops, namely linux-phc (processor undervolting) and TuxOnIce/suspend2.

Nice but not necessary are fbsplash (modern laptops have a lot of different resolutions and vga=795 (1280x1024) doesn't necessarily look good on a 1920x1200 screen. What else? While still compatible, ck1!!

All of this and more used to be provided by the -beyond kernel editions but they were discontinued.

Thanks for reading!

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: [Request] a laptop specific kernel

A kernel with TuxOnIce/suspend2 is already in extra repo : kernel26suspend2

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: [Request] a laptop specific kernel

And there are various patched kernel PKGBUILDs in the AUR as well - see if any of them would suit you.

buttons

Member

From: NJ, USA

Registered: 2007-08-04

Posts: 620

Re: [Request] a laptop specific kernel

Try Kamikaze. (Available in AUR as kernel26kamikaze)

It has both of those, and also several other laptop-specific fixes, including powertop.  I should warn you if you're using a recent dell laptop (as I am) you may need to reverse the thinkpad fixes, as they cause an oops on boot.

Last edited by buttons (2007-09-18 19:35:15)

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bartman

Member

Registered: 2007-07-25

Posts: 16

Re: [Request] a laptop specific kernel

Dang, didn't know about these.

Thank you all!