Re: wireless network problems
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Tim Folger wrote:
> I've been having trouble getting an orinoco gold card to work on my
> laptop with woody using the bf24 kernel. I'm a newbie and am thinking
> about taking the plunge and trying to compile a custom kernel. Does
> anyone have any recommendations for a kernel that would best support
> wireless networking with woody?
Personally, I am very happy using the stock kernel from any kernel.org
mirror. This just works, and makes it easier to use additional upstream
patches.
Specifically, it made it easy to integrate the HostAP driver into my
system. This, in turn, made my wireless network card vastly more useful
than it had previously been.
The big secret is to install the Debian 'kernel-package' tool, which
will build a nice .deb file from your kernel source tree. This allows
you to retain all the package management while keeping the flexibility
you had before.
Daniel
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Even a modestly competent district attorney can get
a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.
-- Sol Wachtler
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