On Mon 30 Jul 2012 at 19:43:25 +0100, Gary wrote: > Sven Joachim wrote: > > On 2012-07-30 18:27 +0200, Gary wrote: > > > Sven Joachim wrote: > > > On 2012-07-29 21:38 +0200, Gary wrote: > > > > > >> > Still confused why the wireless doesn't work. > > >> > > >> It's not supported by the 2.6.32 kernel. Installing a 3.2 kernel and > > >> firmware-ralink from squeeze-backports should make it work. > > > > > > I'm guessing this is a "get source and compile" jobby. > > > > No, squeeze-backports has binary packages (linux-image-3.2*) that you > > can just install. > > > That didn't go well :(
It might not be a bad idea to detail what didn't go well. How you went about getting the kernel and firmware-ralink packages, commands used, which kernel etc. > I installed the packages, and then the one that that process > complained was missing/out of date (our old friend the realtek > package). Restarted. After selecting one of the 3.2 kernel options, > the computer effectively froze, with lines all over the screen. So > badly I had to pull the plug :( Any progress here? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120731165856.GA6660@desktop
