On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 06:35:38PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > The Huawei e169 umts usb modem seems to work fine with Debian Sid, kernel > 2.6.25-2-686 kernel, but not with my Debian Etch, kernel 2.6.18-4-k7. Now, in > order to have the device working, I should upgrade my system to Sid or even > maybe simply upgrade only my kernel to 2.6.25-2-686. > > I wonder if there is a third possibility, i.e. keep my old kernel but simply > recompile it. Can anybody suggest if such a way is good and how I can know > the proper module to install before compiling the kernel? Do you know which kernel the module actually came in with? I think etch-n-half has 2.6.24, maybe it's in there saving you from moving all the way up to sid. A
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