Third party kernel modules in Ubuntu

stan stanb at panix.com
Sat Nov 5 15:02:44 UTC 2005


On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 11:25:27AM -0800, crimsun at fungus.sh.nu wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 01:03:03PM -0500, stan wrote:
> > Looks like I need to use a 3rd party (source) module to support the
> > wireless interface in my Compaq N401C.
> > 
> > Can anyone point me in the direction of how to do the :The Ubuntu Way"?
> 
> Install build-essential, linux-headers-$(uname -r), and gcc-3.4. Make
> sure you use gcc-3.4 to compile the module.


I've installed these packages. Now I'm trying to figure out how to use gcc
3.4 I would have thought I could use update-alternatives to chnage the gcc
symlink, but it does not seem to offer that alternative.

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