Re: Debian + ndiswrapper == Hair Loss!!
overbored wrote:
> I used the netinst ISO to install Debian Sarge/Testing (2.4 kernel)
onto
my Dell D600 Latitude laptop, which has an Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG. I
need to get wireless working so I opted for ndiswrapper instead of
ipw2200 because I've been told the Linux drivers are still in beta and
have minimal functionality (whatever that means). Anyway, though I've
been using Debian for a while, I've never built my own kernel before,
and I may be doing something wrong (this is what I've picked up from
Googling/IRC):
IMO ndiswrapper should drop whatever Debian specific stuff they have in
their package, and direct people toward Erik Rigtorp's packages. In
fact, it would be really neat if these packages were included in Debian
itself!
deb http://rigtorp.se/debian/ unstable/
Install ndiswrapper-source and read
"/usr/share/doc/ndiswrapper-source/README.Debian". It's the usual
procedure for installing drivers: install an appropriate kernel-headers
package, then pick between module-assistant, debian/rules binary-module,
or make-kpkg.
> vu
Regards,
--
Sam Morris
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