Great, thanks a lot. Worked now!!! On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Quoting Alex <alex9434@xxxxxxxxx>: > >> Pavel, Omar and all, >> >> thank you very much for your support. However, I still get the error >> message: >> >> from <command-line>:0: >> /usr/src/compat-wireless-2011-06-30/include/linux/compat-2.6.34.h:23: >> error: redefinition of 'netdev_name' > > It takes some time to propagate patches. The patch appeared in > compat-wireless-2011-07-01, which is available now. > >> BTW: One more question: There seems to be a module "carl9170" in the >> 2.6.39.2 kernel. Does this replace compat-wireless? Do I only need >> this module to get the wlan in monitor mode? (please excuse my >> question, I am really new to this...) > > You can try it. The point of compat-wireless is to make the current > wireless drivers available for older kernels. If you kernel is not so old, > you make have the functionality you need in your kernel already. But if you > want to use the older Debian kernel, compat-wireless is the only option. > > -- > Regards, > Pavel Roskin > -- 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
