Re: Trying to install the Ralink wireless drivers

2008-05-04 Thread n0bert0
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

Re: Trying to install the Ralink wireless drivers

2008-05-04 Thread James Allsopp
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. Wonderin

Re: Trying to install the Ralink wireless drivers

2008-04-27 Thread Chris Bannister
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

Re: Trying to install the Ralink wireless drivers

2008-04-26 Thread Mumia W..
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 d

Re: Trying to install the Ralink wireless drivers

2008-04-26 Thread James Allsopp
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

Re: Trying to install the Ralink wireless drivers

2008-04-24 Thread Mumia W..
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 i

Re: Trying to install the Ralink wireless drivers

2008-04-24 Thread James Allsopp
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.

Trying to install the Ralink wireless drivers

2008-04-24 Thread quim
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

Trying to install the Ralink wireless drivers

2008-04-24 Thread James Allsopp
Hello, I'm trying to install the open source rt2x00 drivers but am unable to, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Following the instructions here http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Debian_rt2500_Howto but adapting for the rt2x00 drivers apt-get install rt2x00-source mexica