On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Lurkos <lurkos.usenet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In fact probably no. > I would like only to use the new iwl3945, because the one provided with > 2.6.26 gives me lots of problem (*) and then I have to use > compat-wirelss-old version. > At the same time I would prefer not to put files outside my home without > a corresponding deb package, to keep administration of the machine more > simple. It's quite simple to forget these type of customization (like > installing compat-wireless)... a package with the flag installed makes > simpler to keep track on what exactly you have done with the laptop. > Of course it's also a way learn more about Linux... compat-wireless only install files under /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/updates (and "make install" just copy files to that directory and runs depmod afterwards, which updates a few dependency files in /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/ - this change is reversible by just removing the "updates" directory and re-run depmod ). If you want to revert the changes made by compat-wireless, you can just blow away the updates directories, and re-run depmod: rm -rf /lib/modules/*/updates depmod -a I do that occasionally when a specific compat-wireless daily snapshot is bad. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
