Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2/3/06, Dan Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My problem is very similar to the issue described in >> http://www.nabble.com/Fwd:-orinoco-wireless-on-sid-t745278.html. However, I >> cannot resolve my problem in the same manner because I do not see another >> version of orinoco.o on my disk - however, my skill does not put me above >> suggestions on where to look. > > Do you have pcmcia-modules or kernel-pcmcia-modules installed? The > latter seems to be "preferred", and is what I initially had installed. > The former, however, includes a working version of orinoco.o. You > can only have one or the other installed.
I ran these two programs and saw: > $ apt-cache policy pcmcia-modules pcmcia-modules: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: W: couldn't stat source package list ... > $ apt-cache policy kernel-pcmcia-modules W: couldn't stat source package list ... I do have orinoco modules at /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/. Does this shed some light on my configuration? Do I need to install a new or old pcmcia-modules package? >> I am somewhat new to Debian and do not know how to *gracefully* fix this >> (e.g. using Debian packages to go forward or backward in versions). I >> cannot do networking with my laptop, but I can read a large SD card with it. >> I would really appreciate any help I might receive in fixing this problem >> and (if possible) learning how to prevent this from happening again. > > I don't know if there is a "graceful" fix. And I haven't seen a > response yet to my bugreport, nearly two months later. As for > prevention, that's more difficult. My plan is to hold my kernel at > its current version unless there's a problem that I know needs to be > patched. > Sounds like a fine idea. For me, this mess began when I wanted to install a couple elisp packages that could no longer be found (on the server) by the installer. I dread updating the list of available packages because of the many updates apt will suggest I install. You avoid installing kernels and drivers by rejecting all suggested updates and such and only selecting the packages (and their dependencies) you were looking for in the first place? Is there a mechanism to step back to a previous configuration in case things go screwy? How about for really important stuff like kernels and drivers? Thanks for the help and your efforts on this bug. -- dan **************************************** Dan Elliott IBM Thinkpad 390E - 333Mhz, 132MB Ram, 5GB HD - D-Link DWL-650 Wireless PCMCIA card. - Running Debian Sarge **************************************** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
