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Operating Systems Linux Fedora Is Kernel module is the same as a device driver? Post 302523069 by Corona688 on Tuesday 17th of May 2011 07:51:38 PM

05-17-2011

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Yes, you can. It often ends up as just a package like everything else, capable of being upgraded and replaced. You can even update it outside the package manager, just putting the right files in the right places -- though the package manager may never forgive you... I lost a Mandrake/Mandriva system that way, the package manager just locked up and never did anything else ever again, at all, ever, when I upgraded my own kernel. That's one reason I use gentoo, it installs kernel source, not kernel binaries, so you can do what you please with them and it won't throw a fit when I upgrade it when I want, or boot it with 3 different kernels should I want to.

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dh_installwm

DH_INSTALLWM(1) 						     Debhelper							   DH_INSTALLWM(1)

NAME

       dh_installwm - register a window manager

SYNOPSIS

       dh_installwm [debhelperoptions] [-n] [--priority=n] [wm...]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_installwm is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating the postinst and prerm commands that register a window manager with
       update-alternatives(8). The window manager's man page is also registered as a slave symlink (in v6 mode and up), if it is found in
       usr/share/man/man1/ in the package build directory.

FILES

       debian/package.wm
	   List window manager programs to register.

OPTIONS

       --priority=n
	   Set the priority of the window manager. Default is 20, which is too low for most window managers; see the Debian Policy document for
	   instructions on calculating the correct value.

       -n, --noscripts
	   Do not modify postinst/prerm scripts. Turns this command into a no-op.

       wm ...
	   Window manager programs to register.

NOTES

       Note that this command is not idempotent. dh_prep(1) should be called between invocations of this command. Otherwise, it may cause multiple
       instances of the same text to be added to maintainer scripts.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

8.9.0ubuntu2.1							    2012-06-12							   DH_INSTALLWM(1)