On Apr 21 2010, Sakari Aaltonen wrote: > Quoting Rogério Brito > >Let's see if we can pinpoint where the > >problem lies. But, before that, did you try any newer kernel? > > As I said, the older WLAN stick works well with the iBook, and I > really have no experience of playing with kernels on a Debian system.
I think that I could help a little bit. If you have access to a faster system, I can also provide you with a simple script (just 5 or 6 "real" lines worth of work) to cross-compile kernels to generate a deb package for your powerpc. You can get a lot of details regarding kernels in Debian here: http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ It contains instructions regarding the initramfs etc. If you want something more recent than that 2.6.26 kernel, then you could try the kernel in squeeze: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/linux-image-2.6.32-3-powerpc If you need something newer (but still much more conservative than something taken from Linus Torvalds's tree), you could try: http://packages.debian.org/experimental/linux-image-2.6.33-2-powerpc > I got started on the RTL8192U because I thought the driver sources for > Linux that came with A-Link's stick would be enough. That turned out > not to be the case. I would be interested in at least having an idea if the driver works for ppc with a newer kernel. > I think I got the older stick 3-4 years ago. I'm sure it was the > manufacturer, A-Link, that supplied the firmware. I don't remember > which distribution I was using at the time - Slackware? Certainly not > Debian. Well, nice. It would be worthwhile to see if the appropriate firmware is already in one of the packages in Debian. The purpose here would be to get the distribution as future-proof as possible for the Hope you find the reference interesting, -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{ime.usp.br,gmail.com} : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://rb.doesntexist.org : Packages for LaTeX : algorithms.berlios.de DebianQA: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=rbrito%40ime.usp.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100421185454.gb2...@ime.usp.br
