I don't know if this is the right place for this message, but i figured it was my best shot.
I have two older apple systems, an iBook Tangerine (300 MHz G3) and a Pismo Powerbook (a.k.a. 200, Firewire)(500 MHz G3) I downloaded the netinstall files a while back, and the kernel they installed (on both machines) was 2.6.18 (deb file name: linux-image-2.6.18-6-powerpc_2.6.18.dfsg.1-23_powerpc.deb ) Following the instructions at http://wiki.debian.org/orinoco , i downloaded the firmware for the wireless card and installed the 2.6.28 kernel, believing that this would result in working WPA support. It did, sorta. Using wpa_supplicant alone (no Network Manager, or wicd or anything) seemed to work However, Network Manager now saw my Airport card as "Apple UniNorth Keylargo I/O (wlan0)" or something similar, and identified it as a wired interface. Also, autodetection of mountable volumes (e.g., flash drives) failed silently. wicd was able to make it work, primarily because it accesses devices differently. (exactly what that difference is, i am unsure) So, i am assuming that the kernel, or one of the daemons does not operate correctly, and causes this problem I downgraded back to the 2.6.18 kernel, and, while i no longer have any wpa support, i at least have wifi. things i don't know: - which kernel version causes this breakage. (> 2.6.18?) - what exactly causes the breakage - if the breakage really is attributable to the kernel This isn't a request for help, just a note to inform you of my experience with this kernel Regards, Patrick. -- Alanis Morissette - "We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
