Re: [Fwd: dh_gencontrol error]--Solved

[Tom Ashley <tomashleyjr@gmail.com>]

Bob Proulx wrote:
 
> > To get the ipw2200 module working the easiest thing to do is to use
> > the Debian supplied kernel driver with the non-free firmware blobs.
> > 
> > Visit this page:
> > 
> >   http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php
> > 
> > Read the license agreement and understand why it is not shipped with
> > Debian.  Download the firmware v3.0 bundle of files (which will be
> > called ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz).  Untar that and copy all three of the
> > firmware files to /lib/firmware.
> > 
> >   /lib/firmware/ipw2200-bss.fw
> >   /lib/firmware/ipw2200-ibss.fw
> >   /lib/firmware/ipw2200-sniffer.fw
> > 
> > That should be all that you need.  You should not need to recompile
> > any drivers.  Since there is no need to compile a new driver this
> > should avoid the problem you are having at trying to do so.
> > 

Thanks much.  I'll try it.

> > Bob
> > 
> > 
It worked.  Thanks again for your help.

Tom