I will preface my question with the standard 'I am a complete linux newbie' disclaimer.

I use a hpna network to play EQ. I would like to try to also use a linux box to run SEQ with a hpna network connection. From reading the hpna faq at HomePNA.org it seems that the drivers for hpna2 cards are only supported by older linux kernels (2.4.18 in RedHat 7.3 is the most recent). The SEQ faq states that older installs will not run SEQ unless GCC and QT are upgraded to versions more recent than the ones included in these older distributions. It also states that this should only be attempted by someone who knows what they are doing which unfortunately doesn't apply to me.

Has anyone gotten SEQ to work using an hpna adapter as the internet connection on the linux box? If i upgrade QT and GCC to version 3.x will i have to rebuild the kernel? I would assume this would break the linux drivers for the hpna card.