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On Oct 21, 2006, Simon Waters was like: > Well try the Etch route -- it does say you need some extra kernel > modules or something I installed etch and it is very nice -- except that it won't apt-get KDE which is disappointing but maybe it will one day. linux-wlan-ng is in the package list and apt-get got it. The documentation says use m-a for the modules but there are no modules. They should be in linux-wlan-ng-modules but that is not in the list. The only place I've found them is in Gentoo and I don't want to go there. I learned that linux-wlan-ng is obsolete and the only reason for its continued existence is that it supports USB devices with the prism2 chipset. That's true; I've been using it in Red Hat for ages. It's obviously a waste of time to go on trying to get this to work in Debian when for a small sum I can get a PCI wireless card and use the built-in driver. Thanks for all your advice. Tony Sumner in the documentation -- but at least it is > documented. So you can reasonably expect that route worked at least > once, on x86 ;) > > I think with kernel-package the use of initrd is an option to the > command to build the kernel package (make-kpkg). But usually when I try > and get clever with make-kpkg command I end up with a kernel package > that either won't install, or won't boot after it installs. Debian tries > its best to sweep a lot of complexity under the carpet of one command, > and usually succeeds. > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html