[NCLUG] debian help

[Bob Proulx]

Steve Chadsey wrote:
> Nick Lang wrote:
> > update my kernel (right now I'm on 2.2 and I'd like to go to 2.6)
> > 
> > but I'm having problems getting my nic recognized, my wifi card
> > recognized, etc...
> 
> Are you already running Debian with a 2.2 kernel, and the 2.6 kernel
> isn't recognizing your devices?  If that's the case, it's probably
> a matter of not having the right options selected during kernel
> configuration.  Are you running a stock 2.2 kernel, or a custom one?

It is also possible that the 2.2 kernel was a bootstrapping kernel
with every module compiled into the kernel.  Whereas the newer kernel
is almost certainly a modular kernel.  In which case any needed
modules will need to be listed in /etc/modules.

What does 'lspci' say?

  lspci

Bob