[lug] debian setup tool

Paul E Condon pecondon at peakpeak.com
Sat Oct 11 21:49:28 MDT 2003


On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 10:43:38PM -0400, Hugh Brown wrote:
> The 2.4.18-386 kernel image worked.  Now I need to get pcmcia working
> appropriately (so I can use my wireless card).  When I first installed
> debian, I was lead through a number of system configuration items.  I
> was told "run foo to revisit this configuration process"  I can't
> remember what foo was.  I went looking for debconf (it had stuck in my
> mind) and found that debconf isn't actually a command.  I found
> dpkg-reconfigure, but you have to know the names of the subsystems ahead
> of time.
> 
> I did a locate on setup and install and didn't find anything useful.
> 
> Along this same vein, what is the debian equivalent to redhat's
> chkconfig and service?
> 

In debian, pcmcia support in the kernel is a separate package from the
kernel. Look for a package with name starting with 'pcmcia' and version
numbers that match the version numbers of your kernel.

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Paul E Condon           
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