On 06/07/2011 01:27 PM, William Hopkins wrote:
On 06/07/11 at 01:00pm, Paul Johnson wrote:If you have one of these new-ish Dell laptops, maybe we can help each other. The newer kernel appears to be necessary to use either the wireless ( Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 ) or the wire (Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection ).Whoa, whoa, why? If you mean 'the older kernel packages don't come
> with the appropriate modules', that's fine. But it doesn't mean you > need the new kernel. You can get the source for the kernel modules and > compile it for an earlier kernel.
Unless the driver doesn't compile on the older kernel... -- "Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt." Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749