> I'd like to change from SuSE to Debian 2.2r4 Linux. I run a Acer517TX with a l(w)inmodem which works fine. Now I found on http://www.heby.de/ltmodem: > > The syntax of the filename is ltmodem-KVERSION_LTVERSION_i386.deb where KVERSION is the version of the kernel the driver is matched to (as in the output of uname -r) and LTVERSION is the version of the driver. Make sure you download a driver matched to your kernel. > > But on the downloadsite http://www.heby.de/ltmodem are a few possible files. Could someone > please help me which is the right file? I need this info before I change Linux because afterwards > my internetaccess is may be not very useful. Thanks.
Well, there's no real requirement to change your kernel when you install Debian. I'd make sure you keep the old kernel around, and make sure before you reboot after installing Debian that there's an option to boot from the currently working kernel as well as whichever kernel you get in the install. I expect SuSE uses some kernel options incompatible with Debian, but you will _probably_ be able to at least boot to a console mode... I ended up having to download and compile the LTMODEM source (there's instructions there for using make-kpkg) because he didn't have a packaged version for my kernel. I can't tell you _which_ version you'd need to download, because I don't know which kernel version is shipping with 2.2r4. You need to find out which kernel-image package is on the install CD, and get the ltmodem package with the corresponding kernel version. Any LTVERSION will do. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
