[ale] HOW2 force the installation of a utililty that is "out of version" in Debian ?

[Courtney Thomas]

See: www.debian.org for the latest ... whatever...

I'm using kernel 2.6.17-2-k7, which was installed with "aptitude", which
leads to the question...how do I now 'compile' a new kernel,
i.e. I assume I now have to download the applicable source and find out how
to replace the running kernel with a newly compiled one,
since the currently running kernel was an "upgrade" from 2.4.17 and not
compiled from source.

Think I'll never go down this road again, i.e. missing necessary modules, no
kernel, unknown other potential quirks to be discovered, meanwhile the old
kernel that worked well, is now gone.  :-(

Courtney








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Preston Boyington" <preston.lists at gmail.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] HOW2 force the installation of a utililty that is "out
ofversion" in Debian ?


> Courtney Thomas wrote:
>
> <snipped the part about me being the best ever and Courtney not knowing
> how she could ever thank me>
>
> > Since Woody did have the de620 module, is there a Testing solution,
given
> > that I have no more slots for a NIC ?
> >
> > Appreciatively,
> > Courtney
> >
>
> It looks like de620.o was removed from newer kernels and perhaps marked
> "optional" (websites I am looking at could be dated).
>
> most likely all you need to do is find and install the module.  what
> kernel are you using on the Testing system?
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