Package: linux-latest-2.6 Version: 15 Severity: wishlist
Hello there, I'm running Lenny (testing) with linux-image-2.6-k7 installed (depending from linux-image-2.6-686). Using a prism2-USB WLAN adapter I need to use linux-wlan-ng. The kernel modules for it are not shipped with the linux-image so I need to compile and install it using module-assistant. Updating linux-image unfortunately causes WLAN not to work any more until I build new modules for the updated kernel (I often forget to do so and wonder why Internet doesn't work). But then: building modules without linux-headers (and without access to the Internet to download them) is a bit complicated. Okay, I should have been updated linux-headers too. I think updating the kernel automatically should update (in postinst) user-specific modules (=build new ones) not included in the linux-image. Users who have compiled their own modules usually have m-a and the sources of the corresponding modules installed so: m-a -l VERSION_OF_NEW_KERNEL a-i allu -t builds exactly those modules which has been build for an older kernel version and devices should seamlessly work with the updated kernel. Christian Meyer ______________________________________________________________ "Hostage" mit Bruce Willis kostenlos anschauen! Exklusiv für alle WEB.DE Nutzer. http://www.blockbuster.web.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
