Axel Thimm wrote:
On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 10:48:52PM -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> Any information as to why the cubbi_suspend2 kernels exist and why they
> are necessary would be appreciated here. I assumed (probably
> incorrectly) that they were used on most laptops. Image my surprise
> last night to discover the are shunned by people here!
They are used quite a lot, but since they are not the default on a
Fedora CD they are not used by a majority of people around here.
The people were more shunning on either a vendor calling a modified
version of Fedora still Fedora (e.g. adding swsusp2, ipw3945 etc
support requires the vendor to drop the Fedora trademark, even adding
a single bit different than what the Fedora media gives you requires
that), or on reporting possible bugs in something added outside of
Fedora as bugs on the vanilla Fedora rpms.
Well, I guess that's between RedHat and my vendor.
The purpose of the kernel-suspend2-...cubbi kernels is support for
software suspend2. The vendor may be correct that it is needed for
proper suspend/resume support, but otherwise that's all this kernel
offers you in advance.
OK, thanks. I'll keep this in mind when I ask further questions about
the software on my laptop.
So most importantly, you should be able to install/boot a Fedora
kernel and will likely "only" lose the abbility to suspend and perhaps
the wifi. But you'll be able to to test the USB mouse to know which
way to go from here, e.g. continue reporting on Fedora resources as it
will affect the vanilla Fedora kernel rpm, or report to the OEM.
OK, I have booted the stock 2944 kernel. And my mouse remained
non-functional, *BUT*, there were no messages logged about, which got me
thinking again. After much gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair, I
resynced the mouse with the wireless USB receiver, and lo and behold, it
started working, and its worked again on every kernel I've booted it on.
B^( I still don't know *why* the mouse lost sync with its receiver
(it might still be related to the suspend2 kernel, I just don't know),
but I've solved my problem. Thanks to everyone who offered up a
positive suggestion. I look forward to continuing to use FC6 on this
laptop (using whatever kernel provides me the most functionality). And
I come out of this situation a little bit wiser.
Now its on to figure out why I can't bring up the IEEE-802.11g wireless
network connector reliably (ipw3945abg). B^) But, that is a topic
for another email thread. (At least Fedora 7 seems to want wireless to
always work!)
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Kevin J. Cummings
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