Have to ask: is this an April Fools joke? I'm confused, because it looks like you're still running the stock kernel, Linux 2.6.32-5-686, so I don't have any idea why kernel-package would be to blame for why the wlan0 device wouldn't show up.
Do you have the 'firmware-iwlwifi' package installed, by chance? If not -- you need it, and it won't show up in the package list unless you've added "non-free" after "main" for the Debian repository listed in /etc/apt/sources.list. That's one thing that would cause the wlan0 device not to show up. -- -- Chris -- Chris Knadle chris.kna...@coredump.us -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org