[email protected] wrote: > 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 this space for news. :-) > > Well, unlike my previous attempts years ago to produce custom kernels, 3.0.4 when configured produces kernels which do not boot or don't work in other ways. Never have I had so much trouble with creating a custom kernel.
So I looked round for another solution. Here it is:- My laptop now has Ubuntu 11.10 only installed on it. My desktop now has Debian/GNU wheezy installed wheezy gives me internet access, prints files and generally works. Bye bye squeeze. -- Sian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

