Re: Upgrading necessary, but maybe not

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

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?



Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> writes:

> You could recompile 2.6.25-2-686 on you Etch system from source and then
> install the result.



... so having a Debian Etch with a 2.6.25 kernel?  Doesn't it sound strange?

Thanks
Rodolfo