Re: [LAU] Low Latency Kernel for openSUSE 10.2 x86_64 - please help

Cannot help you with anything Suse related but why settle for a kernel as old as 2.6.19? With 2.6.23 stuff starting to appear it seems like a lot of work to end up quite far behind. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/ On 9/16/07, David Haggett <david(a)haggett.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Hello, List > > Until recently I have been running SUSE 9.3 x86_64 with a self-compiled > realtime kernel (using the realtime-lsm). I have now upgraded to openSUSE > 10.2 because I was having difficulties installing the latest versions of > certain applications. > > I'm very happy with the distribution generally, but I'd now like to get my > audio performance back to what it was. Via the installation and set-up forum > at jacklab, I have been directed to realtime kernel, kernel-source and PAM > packages for x86_64 at: > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/appleonkel/openSUSE_10.2/x8… > > Have downloaded the packages but have not yet installed them. Unfortunately > the thread dried up before it answered my supplementary questions. > > Firstly I noticed that the kernel and kernel-source packages have different > release numbers. Does this matter? I need to compile the nvidia driver to > get X back after the install. > kernel-rt-2.6.19.1-4.1.x86_64.rpm > kernel-source-2.6.19.1-3.1.x86_64.rpm > > The other point I'm confused on is how to safely install the RPM. Is it > really as simple as rpm -Uvh or are there other steps. Does installing the > new kernel wipe out the old one, or will it install alongside the default > one?