updating SuSE 8.1 --> 10

From: Bob Hairgrove (invalid_at_bigfoot.com)
Date: 10/21/05

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    Now that I have my GRUB problems solved, I need to start working on
    updating my system. From my previous posts, you might have seen the
    problems I had with graphic card incompatibilities which made it
    impossible to do just a new installation of SuSE 10.

    What I would like to update:

    (a) kernel -- I'd like to have better USB and hot-plugging support
    than is available in 8.1;
    (b) gcc -- I would like to have the newest (3.4.x);
    (c) KDE if necessary (currently running 3.0);
    (d) Java (for running Eclipse + CDT plug-in for compiling C++ code);
    (e) latest firewall;
    (f) OpenOffice.

    What is the recommended approach -- can I just tell Yast to update the
    kernel and stick in the CD, or do I need to recompile it myself? Will
    it trash my X configuration if I do so? SaX2 in SuSE 10 seems to have
    a lot of trouble with my Diamond Fire GL1 graphics card...

    If I need to compile the new kernel myself, wouldn't it be better to
    compile the newest gcc first, then compile the kernel sources using
    that?

    Thanks! 

    --
Bob Hairgrove
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