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mini-jaguar
Joined: 13 Nov 2008 Posts: 577
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Posted: Sun 24 Mar 2013, 07:52 Post subject:
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I think there may be a chart somewhere with the official versions (other than the Distro Watch charts which are full of errors), but I would like see a chart which includes the kernel for the derivatives and projects. Of course it would be hard to do for all the derivatives, but it would be nice for at least some.
They are sometimes mentioned in threads, sometimes not, sometimes you have to go through the whole thread, which makes it pretty complicated...
The reason being is that certain versions of the 3.* kernels have some incompatibility with older computers. Of course natural selection is going to make these Puppy versions less used, but it would be nice to compare.
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`f00

Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 808 Location: the Western Reserve
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Posted: Sun 24 Mar 2013, 20:12 Post subject:
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Some (not much besides archpup in the 3 series kernel) are charted at
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyVersion
but it's kind of tricky keeping up with the latest kernel-in-use, test versions go up and down etc
(not to mention other factors like compatibility with packages )
hth
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linuxcbon
Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 1165
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Posted: Mon 25 Mar 2013, 15:15 Post subject:
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Kernel version doesnt matter. What you need to check is if kernel was compiled for 486,586,686,... cpus and ditto for programs.
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nubc

Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 1907 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue 26 Mar 2013, 01:26 Post subject:
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Here is a bare-bones listing of Puppy versions. Perhaps you could suggest a system of superscripts to denote kernel version or architecture compiled for. Or just make a supplementary catalog of versions related to kernel version/target architecture.
Puppy Linux Mind Map
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=62727
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6502coder

Joined: 23 Mar 2009 Posts: 446 Location: Western United States
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Posted: Tue 26 Mar 2013, 14:29 Post subject:
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linuxcbon wrote: | Kernel version doesnt matter. What you need to check is if kernel was compiled for 486,586,686,... cpus and ditto for programs. |
Surely kernel version does matter, for example if you are compiling a driver and need to know which kernel source patch SFS to use. Or have I misunderstood this thread?
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ally

Joined: 19 May 2012 Posts: 1798 Location: lincoln, uk
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Posted: Tue 26 Mar 2013, 16:32 Post subject:
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where is the kernel version stored within a distro?
can a script be designed to retrieve the info?
if so will generate a list from my collection
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James C

Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 6717 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Tue 26 Mar 2013, 16:58 Post subject:
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In a terminal just run "uname -r" .... without the quotes. I'm in Lucid 528.005....
Code: | # uname -r
2.6.33.2
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or "uname -a" ...
Code: | # uname -a
Linux puppypc 2.6.33.2 #1 SMP Thu May 27 10:56:32 EST 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
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ally

Joined: 19 May 2012 Posts: 1798 Location: lincoln, uk
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Posted: Tue 26 Mar 2013, 18:21 Post subject:
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hey james
I wondered if there is a way of obtaining the kernel version from looking into the iso?
there's too iso's to boot up and uname to get the answers.......
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darkcity

Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2545 Location: near here
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Posted: Wed 27 Mar 2013, 13:28 Post subject:
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`f00 wrote: | Some (not much besides archpup in the 3 series kernel) are charted at
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyVersion
but it's kind of tricky keeping up with the latest kernel-in-use, test versions go up and down etc
(not to mention other factors like compatibility with packages )
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It would be helpful if people could add in the kernel versions they know on to the wiki list, or comment them below.
Also, note to devs, it helps if kernel version is included in the release announcement.
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raffy
Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4839 Location: Manila
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Posted: Wed 27 Mar 2013, 18:42 Post subject:
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Quote: | I wondered if there is a way of obtaining the kernel version from looking into the iso? |
You can open (mount) the ISO by clicking on it and then mount again the puppy sfs to read DISTRO_KERNEL_PET in /etc/DISTRO_SPECS.
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Keef

Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 891 Location: Staffordshire
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Posted: Wed 27 Mar 2013, 18:45 Post subject:
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ally,
Don't know how to automate it, but if you just mount the iso then right click on vmlinuz in Rox, and look at 'properties', it contains kernel info.
[EDIT]
Yes there is a way. This script extracts the kernel config from a vmlinuz. You don't need all of it, so a bit of grep and cut, should get rid of the chaff.
Change line 25 to
Code: | cat $tmp1 | grep "Linux kernel version" |
and you just get
Code: | Linux kernel version: 2.6.24.3 | rather than the whole config file.
If someone more useful than me can do the bit to mount and unmount the isos, (and also extract the iso name) you might be in business.
Last edited by Keef on Wed 27 Mar 2013, 19:08; edited 1 time in total
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Karl Godt

Joined: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 4208 Location: Kiel,Germany
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Posted: Wed 27 Mar 2013, 18:54 Post subject:
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Another simple check is to mount the .iso and mount the .sfs or zdrv.sfs , go to /lib/modules and there should be a folder with the kernel version and extra-name (same as uname -r).
Some kernels seem to be tricky, just showing 2.6.39 : the kernel major, kernel minor and kernel sublevel, without showing the patchlevel or the extra name ( applies also for the uname command).
My Dell has the same problems, if i want to reboot, i use kernels below 2.6.37 .
Slacko-5.3 has kernel 2.6.37.6 and my own 2.6.37.4 show the same not working reboot behavior.
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ally

Joined: 19 May 2012 Posts: 1798 Location: lincoln, uk
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Posted: Wed 27 Mar 2013, 18:55 Post subject:
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thanks keef
will start compiling details......
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CatDude

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1570 Location: UK
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Posted: Fri 29 Mar 2013, 11:30 Post subject:
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Hi
Attached is a list obtained from what i have backed-up on DVD's,
it is in the format suggested by the name
ie:
ISO-name, kernel-version, md5sum
Hope someone finds it useful.
CatDude
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220-iso-kernel-md5sum.gnumeric.gz |
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12.13 KB |
Downloaded |
365 Time(s) |
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Karl Godt

Joined: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 4208 Location: Kiel,Germany
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Posted: Sat 06 Apr 2013, 17:03 Post subject:
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Well done, Catdude !
I have saved it as .txt with delimiter '|' PIPE and sorted it with
Code: | busybox sort -d -k2,2 -t '|' 220-iso-kernel-md5sum.txt >220-iso-kernel-md5sum.ksort12.txt |
Note : The '12' in ksort12 stands for the 12th attempt to sort it. Sort and Busybox sort are nasty companions, may differ in different LANG and LC_ALL settings.
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