wireless.kernel.org update

wireless.kernel.org update

[Thomas Novin]

Hello

This page,
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download#Getting_compat-wireless_on_Ubuntu, should be updated to include Maverick/10.10.

If I just try to install as instructed for other versions:

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic

I get:

E: Unable to locate package
linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic

If I search backports*modules*wireless I find:

linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.35-22-generic - compat-wireless
Linux modules for version 2.6.35 on x86/x86_64
linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.35-22-generic-pae - compat-wireless
Linux modules for version 2.6.35 on x86
linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-23-generic -
compat-wireless Linux modules for version 2.6.35 on x86/x86_64
linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-23-generic-pae -
compat-wireless Linux modules for version 2.6.35 on x86
linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic - Backported wireless
drivers for generic kernel image
linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic-pae - Backported
wireless drivers for generic kernel image

So the only package good for installing without having to re-install
every kernel change is
linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic, however that package
is not installable.

$ sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic : Depends:
linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.35-23-generic but it is not
installable
E: Broken packages

Something is broken in Ubuntu it seems?

Rgds

Re: wireless.kernel.org update

[Hauke Mehrtens]

On 11/30/2010 09:35 AM, Thomas Novin wrote:
> Hello
> 
> This page,
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download#Getting_compat-wireless_on_Ubuntu, should be updated to include Maverick/10.10.
> 
> If I just try to install as instructed for other versions:
> 
> sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic
> 
> I get:
> 
> E: Unable to locate package
> linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic

I added the package names for Ubuntu 10.10 into the wiki. The Ubuntu
guys changed the name of the package but the meta package is still
depending on the old names, this is a Ubuntu bug. (see:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/681727 )

Hauke

Re: wireless.kernel.org update

[Tim Gardner]

On 11/30/2010 12:08 PM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> On 11/30/2010 09:35 AM, Thomas Novin wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> This page,
>> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download#Getting_compat-wireless_on_Ubuntu, should be updated to include Maverick/10.10.
>>
>> If I just try to install as instructed for other versions:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic
>>
>> I get:
>>
>> E: Unable to locate package
>> linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic
>
> I added the package names for Ubuntu 10.10 into the wiki. The Ubuntu
> guys changed the name of the package but the meta package is still
> depending on the old names, this is a Ubuntu bug. (see:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/681727 )
>
> Hauke
> --

Should have it fixed soon. It was a bit of a goof because we're going to 
offer multiple versions of the compat-wireless package which in turn 
required some package name changes.

rtg
-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner@canonical.com

Re: wireless.kernel.org update

[Thomas Novin]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Tim Gardner
<tim.gardner@canonical.com> wrote:
        
        On 11/30/2010 12:08 PM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
                I added the package names for Ubuntu 10.10 into the
                wiki. The Ubuntu
                guys changed the name of the package but the meta
                package is still
                depending on the old names, this is a Ubuntu bug. (see:
                https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/681727 )
                
                Hauke
                
                --
        
        Should have it fixed soon. It was a bit of a goof because we're
        going to offer multiple versions of the compat-wireless package
        which in turn required some package name changes.
        
        rtg
        -- 
        Tim Gardner tim.gardner@canonical.com

Can someone please explain or point to documentation which describes the
difference between these packages (linux-backports-modules-wireless-* /
linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-*). I have often problems in
Ubuntu with unstable wireless network so that's why I'm looking for a
more recent and hopefully better version.


Rgds,


Thomas


Ps. Please keep me on CC as I'm not on the list.