From 8854ca6f23a4d75dbf877a23d7c149de4100382a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:25:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs: update advice on kernel versions --- docs/installation.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md index 8c4758d8..976c5e72 100644 --- a/docs/installation.md +++ b/docs/installation.md @@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ Clone Solaar from GitHub by `git clone https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar.git` Installing Solaar from a repository should have set up all these requirements so in this situation you should be able to skip this section. -Solaar needs a reasonably new kernel (5.2+ should work fine), -with kernel modules `hid-logitech-dj` -and `hid-logitech-hidpp` loaded. Also, the `udev` package must be installed -and its daemon running. If you have a recent Linux distribution, you are -most likely good to go. +Solaar needs a reasonably new kernel with kernel modules `hid-logitech-dj` +and `hid-logitech-hidpp` loaded. +Most of Solaar should work fine with any kernel more recent than 5.2, +but newer kernels might be needed for some devices to be correctly recognized and handled. +The `udev` package must be installed and its daemon running. Solaar requires Python 3.6+ and the `python3-pyudev`,