need 2.6.24-12-generic

[Ben Collins]

On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 09:48 -0500, 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?

a) You said none of this from the start
b) We, by nature, are more willing to fix things than have you revert to
an insecure and unsupported version of the kernel.

We want things to work for you _and_ everyone else, which is why I would
rather track down the real problem rather than help you put duct tape
over it.