"Tim Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If I was going to pick a kernel for a stable machine, I'd probably pick >> a 2.4 kernel (2.4.23 if you're compiling your own > > Well, I've started going down that path. My first problem was installing my > own kernels. After running dpkg -i newkernel.deb, my lilo.conf would have > boot=/dev/hda1.
[LILO question snipped; I'm a GRUB user] > Now that I've got that working, I'm back to hacking on the wireless card. > Got to figure out the "right" way to get the pcmcia-modules package to build > the orinoco_cs module. Given that you're using kernel-package, the "right" way of building it is pretty straightforward: cd /usr/src tar xzf pcmcia-cs.tar.gz cd $KERNEL_SOURCE_HOME make-kpkg modules-image This does some automated poking around in your kernel configuration to decide what to build and what not to build, does some compiling, and should ultimately spit out a pcmcia-modules package along side your kernel-image package. > For whatever reason "make config" doesn't ask me the right question > about radios so that DO_ORINOCO gets set. I'll figure that out > tomorrow morning. ...and I'm not having a whole lot of success grovelling through pcmcia-cs's Configure script. ISTR that, the last time I was configuring a kernel, pcmcia-cs wouldn't want to build a particular module if it thought the kernel was also building it, so you might try disabling everything PCMCIA-related in your kernel configuration and rebuilding the world. > So, umm, kind of an embarrassing question. How do I get the source > for said 2.4.23? (sheepish grin) I don't see it dselect. It's not even in Debian unstable yet, that I know of. You can get the official source from your favorite kernel.org mirror. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
