topic title: kernel antix3
anticapitalista
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#1
Newer kernels available that is better for web cams and maybe other hardware as well.

3.6.9-antix3 and 3.7.1-antix3 for 486 and amd64.

Please test especially those of you with old boxes as I need to decide whether to keep to the 3.6.9 kernel for 486 if 3.7.1 has hardware issues (I'm guessing that it will).
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rust collector
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#2
What happened here with the -3 kernel? Ram use has never been so low on this box?
I have been around 70, but on the -3 kernel, it is around 55+/-

Wierd...

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kberg@aao12.5-2:~
$ inxi -F
System:    Host: aao12.5-2 Kernel: 3.7.1-antix.3-486-smp i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-12.5-full-alpha2- Edelweißpiraten 09 November 2012
Machine:   System: Acer product: AOA110 version: 1
           Mobo: Intel model: N/A Bios: INSYDE version: v0.3109 date: 05/09/2008
CPU:       Single core Intel Atom CPU N270 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB flags: (sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x600@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A
Audio:     Card: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.7.1-antix.3-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:1e:68:b1:f2:b4
           Card-2: Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath5k 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:22:69:03:bc:59
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 15.3GB (3.7% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: STT_FEM16GF13M size: 15.3GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 5.8G used: 3.3G (60%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 8.2G used: 534M (7%) fs: ext4 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 100 Uptime: 1:55 Memory: 179.2/1504.1MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.8.26
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05 Jan 2013, 22:51 #3

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rust collector wrote:What happened here with the -3 kernel? Ram use has never been so low on this box?
I have been around 70, but on the -3 kernel, it is around 55+/-

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I am experiencing the same on my laptop.  The 3.7.1-antix.3 kernel running around 51 vs. 60 with the stock kernel.
Impressive.
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09 Jan 2013, 15:57 #5

This kernel doesn't appear to come with its own initrd image. I couldn't find mkinitrd or mkinitcpio on my system so I just booted with the image from the old 3.5.0 kernel and it worked.

When I first started using Linux, I was told that kernel image and initrd image have to match (if you use an initrd at all, which most people in those days didn't). Is this no longer the case?
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#6
It should have made one when you installed

update-initramfs -u -t -k all

will make one.