Re: kernel-header-2.6.7-1-386
Hello
Wayne Topa (<linuxone@intergate.com>) wrote:
> john gennard(joney@clara.co.uk) is reported to have said:
>> Wayne Topa wrote:
>>> john gennard(joney@clara.co.uk) is reported to have said:
>>>
>>>>Where can I find the above for download, please?
>>>
>>>Use apt-cache .. but you have to spell it correctly...
>>>
>>>apt-cache search kernel-headers-2.6.7-1-386
>>> ^
>> Thanks for the reply. The missing 's' was just a silly
>> 'typo', due to over-tiredness.
>>
>> 'apt-cache' shows nothing (I don't really understand why
>> it should).
>
> Then you don't understand apt-cache.
No, like I wrote before (sigh) there are no 2.6.7 packages in SID and
Sarge. They have been replaced by kernel 2.6.8.
> I am running testing and apt-cache does show what you are looking for
> is available.
>
> VT1 root-3-Buddy:~# apt-cache search kernel-headers-2.6.7-1-386
> kernel-headers-2.6.7-1-386 - Linux kernel headers 2.6.7 on 386
Then your lists are outdated, or you have some old CD/DVD/local archive
in your sources.list. Use apt-cache policy to check where the package
comes from.
>> I want to try compiling a wireless driver on Sid which
>> has a 2.6.7-1-386 kernel, and just can't find the
>> kernel-headers for download - I've found
>> 2.6.7-1-386_2.6.7-2-386, but I doubt if that will work unless
>> I change my kernel. I know I could compile say a 2.6.8
>> kernel by hand, getting around things that way, but I
>> would like to try using the kernel-headers.
>
> So include testing and unstable sites in your sources.list and you to
> will be able to apt-get the kernel-headers-2.6.7-1-386 package.
No, simply install kernel 2.6.8, or the meta packages for the 2.6 kernel
images and headers to always get the latest versions:
apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-386 kernel-headers-2.6-386
Reboot with the new kernel, and compile the driver.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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