Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-31 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
On Oct 31, 12:40 am, Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com wrote: On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:24:28 -0400 (EDT), poenik...@operamail.com wrote: I downloaded the source for kernel version 3.0.4 fromwww.kernel.org. ... I then ploughed through all the options, removing modules where I was sure I

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-31 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
On Oct 31, 7:20 pm, poenik...@operamail.com poenik...@operamail.com wrote: On Oct 31, 12:40 am, Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com wrote: Also, I recommend that you read    http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm for a fairly comprehensive tutorial on kernel building in Debian

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-31 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
On Oct 30, 7:50 pm, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net wrote: On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 05:12:56PM -0700, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: I have just discovered that lsmod for Ubuntu 11.10 gives iwl3945 with a size of 73329 whereas lsmod for Debian squeeze give a size of 46000. So my problem

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-31 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
On Oct 31, 12:50 am, John Hasler jhas...@debian.org wrote: Sian writes: The drawback to a newsreader is that one has to PAY for the use of a Usenet server. Not true: http://www.eternal-september.org/ http://aioe.org/ http://albasani.net/index.html.en I have not registered with

Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-30 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
Thank you for your tip. I set wlan0 as the wireless device, but wicd still said no wireless connection. I have decided to download the latest 3.0.4 stable kernel source from www.kernel.org and try using make-kpkg to make a new Debian package with the new kernel configured for my laptop. Watch

creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-30 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I downloaded the source for kernel version 3.0.4 from www.kernel.org. I then booted to the Deiban squeeze partition and as superuser, unpacked the kernel source in one of my own directories. I ran make targets to get what config commands were available. I installed qt4-dev files from the Debian

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-30 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
On Oct 30, 1:50 pm, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:29:47 -0700, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: Thank you for your tip. (...) Please, keep the postings that share the same subject in the same thread instead opening a new one every time you add information and also

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-30 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
On Oct 30, 6:50 pm, poenik...@operamail.com poenik...@operamail.com wrote: I downloaded the source for kernel version 3.0.4 fromwww.kernel.org. I then booted to the Deiban squeeze partition and as superuser, unpacked the kernel source in one of my own directories. I ran make targets to get

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-30 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
On Oct 30, 9:30 pm, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:49:06 -0700, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: On Oct 30, 1:50 pm, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:29:47 -0700, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: Thank you for your tip. (...) Please

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

2011-10-30 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
On Oct 30, 8:10 pm, Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com wrote: poenik...@operamail.com wrote: I downloaded the source for kernel version 3.0.4 fromwww.kernel.org. I then booted to the Deiban squeeze partition and as superuser, unpacked the kernel source in one of my own directories. I

Usenet news - server required

2011-10-30 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
Can anybody suggest a Usenet server? I am in the UK. Ubuntu has three newsreaders available, one for GNUstep, one called pan newsreader and another called xpn Newsreader. Which one to use (maybe I should try all three). Sian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-30 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
On Oct 30, 10:30 pm, poenik...@operamail.com poenik...@operamail.com wrote: On Oct 30, 9:30 pm, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:49:06 -0700, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: On Oct 30, 1:50 pm, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:29

Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-29 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
Well, I tried wicd again and now it sits in the gnome-panel but tells me that there is no network interface. I have now gone through all the commands given in the WirelessTroubleshootinjg file in the Ubuntu help system. lspci detects the Wifi 3945 device lsmod shows iwl3945 iwlist scan shows

xboing has no sound on squeeze

2011-10-29 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I have just downloaded xboing and installed it onto Debian squeeze. It runs, but there is no sound! The joy of using xboing comes partly from the delicious sounds which the game emits. So what has happened to the sound? I checked the sound device and it works. This is a serious matter! xboing

Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-29 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I have just discovered that lsmod for Ubuntu 11.10 gives iwl3945 with a size of 73329 whereas lsmod for Debian squeeze give a size of 46000. So my problem appears to be due to a faulty kernel module. My Debian squeeze system uses linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 whereas Ubuntu 11.10 uses 3.0.0 kernel.

Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-29 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I've repacked linux-image-3.0.0-2-generic, wireless-crda and udev and have now discovered that I cannot install the udev package because it breaks package linux-base. So I cannot install the later kernel. It looks as though I shall have to forget using wifi on Debian squeeze. Has anybody got any

Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-29 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I have been doing some investigation. modprobe removes and reinstalls module iwl3945. The firmware files are installed by package firmware-iwlwifi in /lib/ firmware. The module iwl3945.ko is provided with linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 as is iwagn.ko and iwlcore.ko. iwlcore is in use according to

Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-29 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I installed wicd, but it gave lots of python error messages, so I purged it from the system. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-28 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 on one partition and Debian squeeze on another. Ubuntu asked for the ESSID and WPA2 password and connected fine. Debian squeeze installer asked for firmware to be installed from removable media but failed to load the files from CD-ROM. So wifi does not work. I have