Attempting to upgrade to 2.4 kernel

[gianfranko]

couple of days ago there was a post by dr4ma about the packages that needed to be installed before compiling the new kernel. Those packages were:
ksymoops-2.4.0.tar.gz
modutils-2.4.0.tar.gz
patch-sysklogd-1-3-31-ksymoops-1.gz

Here is what I did with each package:
ksymoops-2.4.0.tar.gz :untar, make, make install

modutils-2.4.0.tar.gz: untar, ./configure, make, then went into the different subdirectories and ran make install on each of them, all without prob except for /kerneld
which had no make.ini or something

patch-sysklogd-1-3-31-ksymoops-1.gz : unzipped, then I dont have a clue as to how to apply this patch.

I also downloaded the sysklogd-1.3-31.tar.gz package. I guess I have to install this first and then apply the patch? There was even a newer version of this file, I think it was called sysklogd-1.4.tar.gz or something like that (would this one already have the patch included?)

Can anyone tell me if what I have done so far is correct? And, also give me instructions as to what to do with the patch file.

[fsvara]

o Gnu C 2.91.66 #gcc --version
o Gnu make 3.77 #make --version
o binutils 2.9.1.0.25 #ld -v
o util-linux 2.10o #fdformat --version
o modutils 2.4.0 #insmod -V
o e2fsprogs 1.19 #tune2fs --version
o pcmcia-cs 3.1.21 #cardmgr -V
o PPP 2.4.0 #pppd --version
o isdn4k-utils 3.1beta7 #isdnctrl 2>&1 | grep version

This is what Documentation/Changes says about what you need. The last three are, of course, optional. The commands after the 'sharp' symbol ('#' as M$ wants us to read it) are those you can issue to find the version you currently have. Most people that have (and had) problems with insufficient versions of the programs above (ioncluding me) have problems with the modutils being 2.3.something. I don't know about modutils version 2.4.0 exactly, but in the version I installed (2.4.1), I just had to type ./configure && make && make install as always, not what you described.

I don't know about the other packages you wanted to install. However, in genral, you can apply a patch as follows:
(if it's still in .gz)
# zcat patch.gz | patch -p0. If you have ungzipped it, just use 'cat' instead of 'zcat'.

[gianfranko]

thanx dude, I will check that all of the stuff on the list you gave me are the correct versions and furthermore I'll try to apply the patch.