Re: [gentoo-user] win4lin

[John Jolet <john@jolet.net>]

okay, I was wondering how to get the other kernel versions.  it's emerge 
gentoo-sources (space) 2.6.11 is it?

On Thursday 25 August 2005 21:13, Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
> I'd just get vanilla or even better emerge gentoo-sources 2.6.11? and then
> go to the w4l site and get teh patches for that kernel, the patching is
> pretty simple and described there pretty well, then just build yourself a
> new kernel with the patches and go to town..
>
> Mike
>
> (I'd go to the kernel building howto's, and don't use genkernel. make
> oldconfig, and make menuconfig is your freind after the patching, I have no
> success with 2.6.12 yet tho),
> Try www.pickledonion.net for more info too.
>
> On Thursday 25 August 2005 10:08 pm, John Jolet wrote:
> > yeah, well, a new install as of two days ago...it's 2.6.12.  emerge
> > --search win4lin-source turns up nothing.  Is there anothing thing I
> > should be searching for?  I'm kinda new to gentoo, been using redhat and
> > mandrake for 5 years, though.
> >
> > On Thursday 25 August 2005 20:54, Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
> > > On Thursday 25 August 2005 09:47 pm, John Jolet wrote:
> > > > I've purchased the win4lin product, (the home version) to test out
> > > > certain windows apps I need to run.  They claim that gentoo has a
> > > > patched kernel available for this.  Does anyone know anything about
> > > > this?  The instructions they sent me said to emerge win4lin-sources,
> > > > but emerge --search finds nothing answering to this.  I've already
> > > > emerged the win4lin itself, but without the kernel patches, it won't
> > > > work.  Running 2005.1. I've got 29 days left to get my money back :)
> > > > though I'd really like this to work. --
> > >
> > > The Win4Lin-sources appear to be gone?? they used to be there.
> > > Although I usually patch my own kernel for the ck-sources
> > > optimizations. I think the gentoo, or vanilla sources patch pretty
> > > straight foreward, although I'd stick with 2.6.11, as the 2.6.12 series
> > > are problematic with the win4lin patch set so far.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > > John Jolet
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> > >
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> > > Michael W. Holdeman
> > >
> > >
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> Michael W. Holdeman
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