Re: Installing potato and pcmcia on a laptop

2001-11-30 Thread nate
> This could be where I've been going wrong. Whenever I rebuild the > kernel, and at the stage where I run dpkg, I get the warning about > there being an existing /lib/modules/2.2.19pre17 directory. > Normally I move this out of the way before running dpkg, and it > gets recreated by dpkg. How

Re: Re: Installing potato and pcmcia on a laptop

2001-11-30 Thread Paolo Falcone
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Thursday 29 November 2001 23:30, Paolo Falcone wrote: > > > /usr/src/modules. >> >> The modules are downloaded already in /lib/modules/2.2.19pre17 >> (as the installer placed them during the installation process) >> Use modconf to install them. > >Yes they are, but wh

Re: Installing potato and pcmcia on a laptop

2001-11-30 Thread Dougie Nisbet
On Thursday 29 November 2001 23:30, Paolo Falcone wrote: > /usr/src/modules. > > The modules are downloaded already in /lib/modules/2.2.19pre17 > (as the installer placed them during the installation process) > Use modconf to install them. Yes they are, but when I rebuild the kernel, I've been d

Re: Installing potato and pcmcia on a laptop

2001-11-30 Thread Dougie Nisbet
On Thursday 29 November 2001 23:48, nate wrote: > on my ibm thinkpads(iSeries and T20) i use the standard > debian kernel, then build my own from sources. i also > install pcmcia from source, and alsa from source. then > i usually install the alsa utils and pcmcia utils from > packages and overwri

Re: Installing potato and pcmcia on a laptop

2001-11-29 Thread nate
> Q) My CD set is 2.2 r3, with kernel 2.2.19pre17. > What is the difference between kernel 2.2.19pre17 and 2.2.19? pre17 is older then 2.2.19. it is a pre release of 2.2.19. i would strongly reccomend, if your compiling your own kernel to go with 2.2.19. not that theres any real problem with the

Re: Installing potato and pcmcia on a laptop

2001-11-29 Thread Paolo Falcone
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Q) My CD set is 2.2 r3, with kernel 2.2.19pre17. >What is the difference between kernel 2.2.19pre17 and 2.2.19? 2.2.19 is more recent than 2.2.19pre17 >Q) Which kernel is best to install on a laptop? >Is it the -compact one that I see when I browse dselect? No idea,

Installing potato and pcmcia on a laptop

2001-11-29 Thread Dougie Nisbet
The installation goes ok, and I install the kernel-package so I can rebuild the kernel. A couple of questions first, that I know have cropped up in the past on the list, but I've never fully understood the setup. Q) My CD set is 2.2 r3, with kernel 2.2.19pre17. What is the difference between