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Re: How to compile



On Tue March 27 2007 21:50, Teilhard Knight wrote:
> I'm running etch-amd64 as I type this in kmail.. ;)

Do you mean you have KDE in Etch AMD64?

Yes, even sarge-amd64 has kde and gnome and a few others.

> My wireless nic uses the madwifi driver so I install it with
> module-assistant.

How do I find and use module assistant?

m-a is a standard debian package, just "apt-get install module-assistant"
should get it for you, or select it with aptitude, dselect, syaptic or adept. Once it's installed "m-a prepare" will setup your box with all the stuff you
need to compile kernels then "m-a a-i madwifi" will get the madwifi source
and build and install the madwifi module. You may need a different driver for
your card.

That should keep you out of trouble for a while.. ;) Hollar if you need
help.. :)

Thanks very much for your help, Alan. I do not have experience working with the module-assistant, so I had a look at it and got lost very soon. I followed the traditional "make", "make install" path for my tarball and was able to install my module and make my nic work. Your help was appreciated.

Teilhard.



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