Hi Abhi, I don't know anything about your madwifi drivers, but the process of rolling your kernel in Debian is very simple once you have it setup. These two links look pretty helpful:
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.en.html http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html#TREE-KERNEL-PKG The basic process is: 1. unpack kernel source in /usr/src 2. ln -s <kernel-source-directory> linux 3. cd linux 4. make menuconfig (then choose kernel options, some of which CAN result in a kernel that won't boot--be careful!) 5. make-kpkg kernel_image (you will find the result in /usr/src) 6. dpkg -i /usr/src/<name-of-new-kernel-image> 7. reboot I strongly suggest you do a bit of reading in the above references first, as I am leaving out some details. Clayton On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 21:36:53 -0400 "abhishek soni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have a couple of interconnected questions and they relate to getting my > wireless working with Debian. > > Details: I have a Netgear WG511 wireless card based on the Atheros chipset > which uses madwifi drivers. > Also I am running Debian on my laptop (Toshiba Satellite 2430-S255) Sarge > with kernel 2.4.27-1-386. > > Now I previously had this card working in Ubuntu but there are some programs > that I need, that will work only with a 2.4 kernel. Hence I had to switch to > Debian. In order to install the madwifi drivers, I need to install the > kernel-source. So I did an apt-get install kernel-source but it just > downloads it. > > I am a relative newcomer to Debian so my questions are: > > 1. any simple readme page or set of instructions to compile the kernel > source so that i can get the madwifi drivers installed? > > 2. is there another simpler way to get the wireless card working? > > Thanks, > Abhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
