[Prism54-users] Debian install

[James Hosken]

I've never done any thing with the kernel before, it's scary.
I don't mind how I do it, but it would be cool it I can make it so that
I can keep upgrading when new stuff comes out.


dpkg -L hotplug | grep firmware
returns
/etc/hotplug/firmware.agent
so I guess that's OK.

When Iapt-get install libncurses-dev I get this

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package libncurses-dev is a virtual package provided by:
  libncurses5	5.3.20030719-4
You should explicitly select one to install.
E: Package libncurses-dev has no installation candidate

What that mean?


Where is the best place to get the kernel-source from?
What drivers do I need to download?
What do I do with the prism54 drivers, the debian comands that you gave
didn't say any thing about the prism54 drivers when compiling.

I have done wget http://prism54.org/firmware/isl3890-dev


Thanks for the help
James



Quoting "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@ruslug.rutgers.edu>:

> 
> apt-get install hotplug
> dpkg -L hotplug | grep firmware
> 
> see if you find firmware.agent if not you need to use the unstable
> hotplug
> package. You can possibly also just add the file if you don't have
> it:
> 
> http://prism54.org/~hvr/firmware.agent
> 
> You don't really need to use debian's make-kpkg to make the kernel.
> But if you insist onto doing it, IIRC it's something like:
> 
> apt-get install build-essential libncurses-dev tx8.3-dev
> cd /path/kernel-source/
> make-kpkg clean
> make-kpkg --config=menuconfig ----append_to_version=prism54
> kernel_image
> cd ..
> dpkg -i kernel-image-something_.deb
> 
> 
> 	Luis
> 
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, James Hosken wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > I've just bought a SMC 2802W PCI card and I now need to install
> and
> > configure it. I'm newish to debian/linux as well, so need some
> help.
> >
> > I'm running debian testing with the 2.4.18-bf2 kernel, I have
> installed
> > the PCI card.
> > I have read the README, but it doesn't make too much sence to me.
> > I know that debian does kernal compiles in a different way to
> most,
> > please could some one give me some debian spercific instructions.
> >
> > Thanks
> > James