on Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 09:31:21PM -0600, Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 06:07:20PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > on Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 07:28:50PM +0100, Philipp Schulte ([EMAIL > > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 01:16:33PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > > > > I was somewhat surprised to see that there were no PCMCIA modules > > > > included with the 2.2.18pre21 kernel package. Where do I get PCMCIA > > > > sources? There is the obvious pcmcia-source -- 'dat the beast? > > > > > > http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net ? > > > Or are you talking about the deb? pcmcia-source worked fine here. > > > > The latter. It's not immediately clear that pcmcia-source is necesary. > > Still need to play with this. > > It's fairly painless if you use kernel package. The pcmcia-source > stuff should install in /usr/src/modules iirc. You then go into the > kernel source tree, do make {menu,x}config as you prefer, make-kpkg > clean, then make-kpkg --revision=local.2.2.18-1 kernel_image > modules_image. You'll end up with two debs in /usr/src that, once > installed, will make your laptop happy ;) > > Notes: dpkg seems to get pissed if I install the kernel-image and the > pcmcia-modules packages at the same time, so I always install the > kernel-image deb first. Also, you are well advised to place these > packages on hold once installed.
Thanks, that's just the missing-link documentation/tip I was looking for. Would have probably stumbled through it pretty easily on my own, mostly trying to take care of some other business in the meantime. > This reminds me - I need to upgrade my laptop before I travel tomorrow > :) -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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