Re: trouble getting my wireless stuff to work

[tom arnall <kloro@cox.net>]

>
> I haven't made much headway with this, other than there does seem to be
> a change between the sarge gcc and the etch / sid gcc in this area.
>
> Since I'm running sarge I can't immediately try it myself.
>
> One idea though -- given the level of support and Debian-friendliness
> I've found from the last few days' googling for Madwifi, I'd be stunned
> if the guys who put this driver together would deliver something that
> wouldn't work with etch or sid (the usual disclaimers about testing and
> unstable notwithstanding). Especially given that the available packages
> are in /unstable and as such are targetting sid...
>
> There's a sarge-friendly version out there I noticed from my googling --
> where did you get the version of the driver you are trying to compile?
> Is there any chance you've picked up a sarge version of the driver and
> are trying to compile it under etch or sid?
>
> Just a thought...
>
> Mark
>
>

Mark,

thanks very much for your help in this thing.

how do i tell if my kernel is sarge or sid/etch? 'uname -a' gives me: 

	Linux debian 2.6.8-2-386
	
i am trying to stay with the testing segment of debian. will getting the sid 
or etch version of the kernel force me to go to unstable?

tom