Re: Installing 3.2 kernel

2012-08-10 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Gary, 4.08.2012: > Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 30 Jul 2012 at 19:43:25 +0100, Gary wrote: > > > > > Sven Joachim wrote: > > > > > 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 b

Re: Installing 3.2 kernel

2012-08-04 Thread Gary
Brian wrote: > On Mon 30 Jul 2012 at 19:43:25 +0100, Gary wrote: > > > Sven Joachim wrote: > > > 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 y

Re: Installing 3.2 kernel

2012-07-31 Thread Brian
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 ker

Re: Installing 3.2 kernel

2012-07-31 Thread Gary
Keith McKenzie wrote: > On 30 July 2012 19:43, Gary wrote: > > 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 missing/out of date (our old friend the realtek package).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,

Re: Installing 3.2 kernel

2012-07-31 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 30 July 2012 19:43, Gary wrote: > Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2012-07-30 18:27 +0200, Gary wrote: [...] > > That didn't go well :( > > 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 missing/out of date (our old friend the realtek package).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 > selec

Re: Installing 3.2 kernel

2012-07-30 Thread Gary
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

Re: Installing 3.2 kernel

2012-07-30 Thread Gary
Sven Joachim wrote: On 2012-07-30 18:27 +0200, Gary wrote: > > 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. Ooh! That's nice! Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: Installing 3.2 kernel

2012-07-30 Thread Sven Joachim
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. >

Installing 3.2 kernel (was: Re: Missing rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw)

2012-07-30 Thread Gary
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" jo