need 2.6.24-12-generic

[Tim Gardner]

Carl Karsten wrote:
> Ben Collins wrote:
>> On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 20:55 -0500, Carl Karsten wrote:
>>> Ben Collins wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 09:05 -0500, Carl Karsten wrote:
>>>>> Tim Gardner wrote:
>>>>>> Carl Karsten wrote:
>>>>>>> looking for Linux 2.6.24-12-generic .deb so I can install that
>>>>>>> kernel
>>>>>>> on my laptop that now the wifi doesn't work because I reinstalled
>>>>>>> using the
>>>>>>> 8.4.1 cd.  Is that package gone forever?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> bug I am trying to work around:
>>>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/228548
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Carl K
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> madwifi lives in linux-restricted-modules. As far as I remember,
>>>>>> madwifi
>>>>>> has had the same version for the whole Hardy development cycle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24
>>>>>>
>>>>> welp... something changed, resulting in bug/228548 - the update
>>>>> broke it, booting from the 8.4.1 live cd or reinstalling from it
>>>>> also doesn;t work.
>>>>>
>>>>> when I posted that bug report, I could boot into the -12 kernel and
>>>>> use it.  so I am guessing that if I installed -12, it would work.
>>>> Perhaps you just need to make sure you have lrm synced with your
>>>> kernel.
>>>> Make sure you have linux-generic installed and go to "System =>
>>>> Administration => Hardware Drivers" and make sure you have madwifi
>>>> enabled.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It's enabled.  if it wasn't, I don't think it would work under -12.
>>
>> No, it wouldn't if you didn't get the linux-restricted-modules to match
>> the new kernel.
> 
> If that was the case, the module wouldn't load - either it wouldn't be
> there, or what was found wouldn't get past some early stage - either way
> I wouldn't get:
> 
> [ 641.206941] wifi%d: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware didn't
> respond as expected' (HAL status 3)
> 
> and heck, it fails on the live CD, which has the correct
> linux-restricted-modules.
> 
> so... instead of playing whack-a-mole with theories why I shouldn't
> bother trying -12, is there some place I can get -12 from?
> 
> Carl K
> 

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMaintenance

git clone git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-hardy.git
cd ubuntu-hardy
git reset --hard Ubuntu-2.6.24-12.22
debuild -b

-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at ubuntu.com