Re: Installing 3.2 kernel
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 complained was missing/out of date (our old friend the realtek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?
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