> On Tue March 27 2007 21:50, Teilhard Knight wrote:
>> > I'm running etch-amd64 as I type this in kmail..
>>
>> Do you mean you have KDE in Etch AMD64?
>
> Yes, even sarge-amd64 has kde and gnome and a few others.
>
>> > My wireless nic uses the madwifi driver so I install it with
>> > module-assistant.
>
>> How do I find and use module assistant?
>
> m-a is a standard debian package, just "apt-get install module-assistant"
> should get it for you, or select it with aptitude, dselect, syaptic or
> adept.
> Once it's installed "m-a prepare" will setup your box with all the stuff
> you
> need to compile kernels then "m-a a-i madwifi" will get the madwifi source
> and build and install the madwifi module. You may need a different driver
> for
> your card.
>
> That should keep you out of trouble for a while.. Hollar if you need
> ..

Thanks very much for your , Alan. I do not have experience working with
the module-assistant, so I had a look at it and got lost very soon. I
followed the traditional "make", "make install" path for my tarball and was
able to install my module and make my nic work. Your was appreciated.

Teilhard.



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