Re: installing rtl8187B on debian lenny with kernel 2.6.26 - need help on installing backport kernel to recognise chipset
Hi Rico,
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 02:04:55PM +1100, Rico D wrote:
> i'm trying to follow this article: http://wiki.debian.org/rtl818x
>
> But i'm very new to linux and i'm having trouble in installing the
> back port kernel.
[...]
> and I tried running this command -
>
> aptitude -t lenny-backports install linux-image-2.6-$(uname -r | sed 's,.*-,,') wireless-tools
You are required to add the Debian Backports repository to your
/etc/apt/sources.list file prior to this command. See [1] for
instructions, which was linked from this procedure.
> but the above command failed. from they way i understand it, it's
> trying to install backported version of wireless tools..
If you received an error, it would have been helpful to include that
here. There is no backported wireless-tools package available in
lenny-backports.
Amend your /etc/apt/sources.list file, run "aptitude update", install
the backported linux-image-* package (using your earlier command) and
restart your system into the 2.6.32 kernel.
Geoff
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/Backports
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