Hi all. First time linux user. Trying to get a netgear wireless card running on my Dell Inspiron 5000e laptop. I've got debian 3.0r1 with 2.2.20-idepci (is that an appropriate kernel for a laptop?). Hacked my way through the debian installation and pcmcia configuration. Now I get this showing up in syslog:
Dec 19 13:41:19 pain cardmgr[649]: starting, version is 3.1.33 Dec 19 13:41:19 pain cardmgr[649]: watching 2 sockets Dec 19 13:41:19 pain cardmgr[649]: socket 0: NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC Dec 19 13:41:19 pain cardmgr[649]: executing: 'modprobe hermes' Dec 19 13:41:19 pain cardmgr[649]: + modprobe: Can't locate module hermes Dec 19 13:41:19 pain cardmgr[649]: modprobe exited with status 255 Dec 19 13:41:19 pain cardmgr[649]: module /lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/pcmcia/hermes.o not available Dec 19 13:41:19 pain cardmgr[649]: executing: 'modprobe orinoco' Dec 19 13:41:19 pain cardmgr[649]: + modprobe: Can't locate module orinoco Dec 19 13:41:19 pain cardmgr[649]: modprobe exited with status 255 Dec 19 13:41:19 pain cardmgr[649]: module /lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/pcmcia/orinoco.o not available Ok, looks like I'm missing some modules (whatever those are). So I dig around in dselect and find pcmcia-modules-2.2.22-idepci. But that's for kernel 2.2.22. I've got 2.2.20. Strange. Ok, I'll update to the 2.2.22 kernel. Nope. Can't find that in dselect. We've got lots of 2.2.20, 2.4.16, and 2.4.18 kernel images, but no 2.2.22. And I only see pcmcia-modules for 2.2.22 and 2.4.18-bf2.4. Why do pcmcia-modules and the kernel images not line up? Hmmm. So my HIGHLY trained linux mind (sarcasm) tells me one or more of the following is going on: 1) I need to build my own kernel and pcmcia modules. 2) I've misconfigured sources.list. 3) I need to find the right manual so I can rtfm. 4) I should post this to debian-user. 5) I need to stop drinking liquids now if I plan on sitting through the 3.5 hour "Lord of the Rings." Help! Thanks. -Tim
