Alo

Don't need need to compile drivers, but upgrade to kernel 2.6.22


Install the RT2x00 wireless network drivers -loadable kernel modules for
wireless network cards using Ralink RT2x00 chips.

something like rt2x00-modules-2.6.22-2-686

Install wireless tools

Install RutilT which is GTK config

Run RutilT


Does this help?


Quim






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Sorry about the stupidity of the next question; how to upgrade to
2.6.22, I'm currently running stable. I looked at doing it manually (
download source etc.) but thought someone might know a quicker more
debian way, like using apt-get. I did google it, but got a lot of hits
about moving from 2.4 to 2.6.


Thanks for the info, much appreciated.
Jim

quim wrote:

Alo

Don't need need to compile drivers, but upgrade to kernel 2.6.22


Install the RT2x00 wireless network drivers -loadable kernel modules for
wireless network cards using Ralink RT2x00 chips.

something like rt2x00-modules-2.6.22-2-686

Install wireless tools

Install RutilT which is GTK config

Run RutilT


Does this help?


Quim










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On 04/24/2008 12:49 PM, James Allsopp wrote:
Sorry about the stupidity of the next question; how to upgrade to
2.6.22, I'm currently running stable. I looked at doing it manually (
download source etc.) but thought someone might know a quicker more
debian way, like using apt-get. I did google it, but got a lot of hits
about moving from 2.4 to 2.6.


Thanks for the info, much appreciated.
Jim



The website http://www.backports.org has kernel 2.6.22 already compiled
and apt-gettable. The instructions to use backports.org /should/ be on
the website, but this is from my sources.list:


deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free



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Thank you for that Mumia, but I'm not sure why to use a different site,
would apt-get install -t testing kernel-image work? I've looked at their
web-site and says it uses etch libraries, but surely that wouldn't
affect the kernel. I'm really new to debian so any explanations would be
good.

Jim

Mumia W.. wrote:

On 04/24/2008 12:49 PM, James Allsopp wrote:
Sorry about the stupidity of the next question; how to upgrade to
2.6.22, I'm currently running stable. I looked at doing it manually (
download source etc.) but thought someone might know a quicker more
debian way, like using apt-get. I did google it, but got a lot of
hits about moving from 2.4 to 2.6.


Thanks for the info, much appreciated.
Jim



The website http://www.backports.org has kernel 2.6.22 already
compiled and apt-gettable. The instructions to use backports.org
/should/ be on the website, but this is from my sources.list:


deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free






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On 04/26/2008 09:43 AM, James Allsopp wrote:
Thank you for that Mumia, but I'm not sure why to use a different site,
would apt-get install -t testing kernel-image work? I've looked at their
web-site and says it uses etch libraries, but surely that wouldn't
affect the kernel. I'm really new to debian so any explanations would be
good.

Jim



I think you would do this:

apt-get -t stable install linux-image-2.6.22-4-486

Note, I use apt-pinning for this rather than to set a target release, so
I'm not sure about the "-t stable" part.


You might want to use backports.org because Debian's Etch is frozen in
time, but backports.org has newer software that has been backported to
Etch. Backports.org even contains updated kernels such as 2.6.22.


Do this:

(change your /etc/apt/sources.list)
apt-get update
apt-get -t stable install linux-image-2.6.22-4-486

There will probably be an issue with the signatures; someone else can
help you fix that since I can't remember how I dealt with this on my system.


Good luck.



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On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 03:43:02PM +0100, James Allsopp wrote:
> Thank you for that Mumia, but I'm not sure why to use a different site,
> would apt-get install -t testing kernel-image work? I've looked at their
> web-site and says it uses etch libraries, but surely that wouldn't
> affect the kernel. I'm really new to debian so any explanations would be
> good.
> Jim

http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions

If things are not clear ask back here.

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I can't get a kernel image more recent than 2.6.21, I've tried
apt-get -t unstable install kernel-image
but it says I've the most recent kernel.

I've just upgraded to lenny, but this hasn't helped.

Also, using apt-cache search I couldn't find any information about the
compiled modules.

Wondering if I wouldn't just be better off downloading an updated source
and trying to do it manually.

Jim

quim wrote:

Alo

Don't need need to compile drivers, but upgrade to kernel 2.6.22


Install the RT2x00 wireless network drivers -loadable kernel modules for
wireless network cards using Ralink RT2x00 chips.

something like rt2x00-modules-2.6.22-2-686

Install wireless tools

Install RutilT which is GTK config

Run RutilT


Does this help?


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Hi James,



add this to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny contrib
non-free main

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable contrib non-free main


and 2.6.22 kernel should be available



cheers



James Allsopp wrote:
I
can't get a kernel image more recent than 2.6.21, I've tried


apt-get -t unstable install kernel-image


but it says I've the most recent kernel.




I've just upgraded to lenny, but this hasn't helped.




Also, using apt-cache search I couldn't find any information about the


compiled modules.




Wondering if I wouldn't just be better off downloading an updated
source


and trying to do it manually.




Jim




quim wrote:


Alo




Don't need need to compile drivers, but upgrade to kernel 2.6.22






Install the RT2x00 wireless network drivers -loadable kernel modules
for


wireless network cards using Ralink RT2x00 chips.




something like rt2x00-modules-2.6.22-2-686




Install wireless tools




Install RutilT which is GTK config




Run RutilT






Does this help?






Quim














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