* Jaime Tarrant (jaime.tarran...@tarsysco.com) wrote: > * Eric Sheesley (eshee...@shadowlair.com) wrote: > > I recently installed Debian on my new Dell latitude e6500. I tried a 64 > > bit install to start with, and most things worked well but every 1-2 > > hours my network would fail. > > > [snip] > > > > working 32bit(no bigmem): > [snip] > > > > non-working(using bigmem kernel): > [snip] > > > > I have the same kernel versions for both kernels so am very confused by > > this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Eric > > > > Perhaps try to compile madwifi for the bigmem kernel manually? > > Also try debian-users mailing list, there's a lot more activity there > and you are more likely to get a fast response. If you are still having > troubles I would suggest re-sending your question over to debian-users. > > To try a manual compile of madwifi - first make sure you have the > build-essential package installed (as root, aptitude install > build-essential) and then: > > # m-a a-i madwifi > > It might compile successfully and if it does: > > # modprobe -rv ath_pci && modprobe -v ath_pci > > If this also seems successful, now check if wireless is working > properly. > > Hope this helps. > > Jaime
You will also need to make sure you have the module-assistant package installed. Otherwise m-a a-i madwifi wont work. The thorough procedure is: # aptitude install build-essential module-assistant # m-a update # m-a a-i madwifi # modprobe -rv ath_pci && modprobe -v ath_pci Regards, Jaime -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
