This blog started out as an install log of RedHat 9 on a Compaq Presario 2538cl laptop (linuxpresario.blogspot.com) . However, I soon started to include little logs to myself when I made configuration changes to software, etc. So, I've moved it over to our domain, and changed its name to Linux Log. Here you will find some tips & tricks related to Linux configuration on a laptop, as well as software related things that I run into. I log here things that worked for me, of course, your mileage may vary.

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Latest RH Kernel

June 04, 2003

Installed the latest Red Hat kernel today. Followed the steps I laid out in the post on May 26th to apply the acpi patch. Also had to reinstall the linmodem drivers:

1. rpm -e hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700-1
2. rpm -i hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700-1.i386.rpm
3. /usr/sbin/hsfconfig

Haven't checked whether the modem functions, but one thing that I have noticed, is that I can now open the hardware browser! I suspect that the firewire issue has been resolved in this kernel. Doing a /etc/init.d/kudzu start results in a successful new hardware check. This is very promising of course, except that after running it, the touchpad started to act a little loony. Hopefully this will not persist over a reboot.