Re: Moving to 2.6 and wondering about wireless
On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 06:15, Bill Moseley <moseley@hank.org> wrote:
> Anything else to be aware of with regard to the upgrade? Can I just
> install kernel-image-2.6.5-1-686 and expect sound and wireless to just
> work? And should I also be able to switch between the new kernel and my
> exiting kernel?
Switching between the 2.6 and 2.4 kernels is easy. You need to upgrade a few
things and most importantly you need to install module-init-tools. If you
fail to do this then 2.6 won't work (but 2.4 will still work fine and you can
have it setup to dual-boot).
Going to 2.6 usually means going to ALSA sound, which means that sound stops
working until you can figure out how to get it going again. ALSA drivers are
significantly different from OSS drivers, I have a Thinkpad 600E that has no
sound because I haven't yet got ALSA to work with it's audio device...
As for wireless, my Wireless cardbus card works fine with 2.6.
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