Re: Installing 3.2 kernel
Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2012-07-30 18:27 +0200, Gary wrote:
> > Sven Joachim wrote:
> > On 2012-07-29 21:38 +0200, Gary wrote:
> >
> >> > Still confused why the wireless doesn't work.
> >>
> >> It's not supported by the 2.6.32 kernel. Installing a 3.2 kernel and
> >> firmware-ralink from squeeze-backports should make it work.
> >
> > I'm guessing this is a "get source and compile" jobby.
>
> No, squeeze-backports has binary packages (linux-image-3.2*) that you
> can just install.
That didn't go well :(
I installed the packages, and then the one that that process complained was missing/out of date (our old friend the realtek package). Restarted. After selecting one of the 3.2 kernel options, the computer effectively froze, with lines all over the screen. So badly I had to pull the plug :(
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