Hey Neil, I forgot to say thanks :)
Thank you so much for helping. Jai On 11/5/07, Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Neil, > > I tried that process and not only did the WiFi still not work but the > SD reader didn't work with the revised custom kernel either (I used > menuconfig to configure it). I guess I should give up on my SD reader > and buy another one (this one being external) off of Amazon or > something. It looks like there's little hope of getting this one to > work without the fix being applied to the generic kernel by > Ubuntu/kernel staff (whoever is responsible for it). > > Jai > > On 11/5/07, Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jai, > > > > On 05/11/2007, Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey Neil, > > > On 11/4/07, Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Jai, > > > > > > > > Did you make sure that you used the same set-up options as the generic > > > > kernel? If you've missed a module, or compiled something as a module > > > > when it was built-in previously, this could break something. > > > > > > > > Either that, or you are missing another patch for the wireless driver > > > > that was included in the generic Ubuntu kernel. > > > > > > > > Did you download the kernel source from kernel.org, or get it from the > > > > Ubuntu repositories? If you didn't do the latter, this may be why > > > > wireless isn't working, since you're not including the Ubuntu patches. > > > > > > > > > > I did grab it from the Ubuntu repositories so that can't be the source > > > of the problem. This one's confusing, huh? The only thing I can think > > > is that the source in the repositories isn't what it says it is. > > > > > > > What about the set-up options? The options for the installed generic > > kernels are stored in /boot/config-<kernel-version>. You can copy this > > file into the kernel's configuration file (IIRC, it's > > <kernel-source-dir>/.config, but look at the dot-files in that > > directory to be sure), then 'make menuconfig' or 'make xconfig' to > > configure the options for your card reader. Don't change anything else > > and hopefully the wireless will still work. > > > > I haven't build a kernel for a few years, and I've never used the X > > configuration GUI, so I might have the actual commands wrong. However, > > the basic principles are right. > > > > Hwyl, > > Neil. > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
