Hey THURSTON!

Sep 17 22:30 04, THURSTON ACKERMAN wrote to MAURICE KINAL:

 TA> is the difference between the linux 2.4 kernals and 2.6 kernals
 TA> as great as the differences between Win9X and W2k/XPs ?

A big difference for sure but I am not so sure I like the comparison.

 TA> My question is prompted by the problems my SuSE 9.0 installation
 TA> is having not being able to handle a new USB feed Lexmark x73
 TA> 3in1 copy/printer(rather than the earlier parrall feed Lexmark 3200
 TA> printer 8-( and/or the new Thompson multimedia optical mouse (rather
 TA> than the earlier Micro PD1001 trackball 8-( (That both my W98se and
 TA> XP-home OSs resideing in the same Systemax Tiger 2.8 gHz P4 platform
 TA> accommodated with relative ease 8-((

 TA> I sense that if I upgrade to SuSE 9.2 with the 2.6 kernal, I may be
 TA> able to finally use my Lexmark X-73 and/or Thompson optical mouse;
 TA> but I may then probably have new problems with also existing older
 TA> Netgear R416 router, and/or Cable modem, and/or memory card reader,
 TA> etc.,etc.. that presently perform nicely with the SuSE 9.0 with its
 TA> 2.4 kernal.......

 TA> Or?

Whoa!  To be honest I have absolutely no idea.  I think the last SuSE I
looked at was 6.something-or-other.  One thing for sure is that USB works
better here on a smp board that gave me all sorts of hassel due to VIA usb
hub (uhci) and smp that 2.6.8.1 finally cleared up.  Both my mouse and
keyboard are ps/2 and no problem there with either 2.4 or 2.6, although I
have a few sticky keys that are rather annoying.  No printer for about
8-ish years now but that was a laser and never, ever had a problem with
Linux.  Framebuffers are looking good.  Cable modem works as good as it
ever did (dhcpcd) wired into a Intel network chip (eepro100).  Same with
pcmcia which is where I plug in memory cards (compactflash).  I am happy
with that.

So, like I said, beats me.  :-/

Life is good,
Maurice

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