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Re: Upgrading necessary, but maybe not



Hugo Vanwoerkom (<hvw59601@care2.com>) wrote:
> 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?
>> 
> 
> You could recompile 2.6.25-2-686 on you Etch system from source and
> then install the result.

Or you could install 2.6.25 from
http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php

regards
        Andreas Janssen

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