Howdy All,

I am playing around with Longene on Ubuntu 10.04 and the issue I am having is that their default kernel packages do not have support for my wifi card (I'd like support for both atheros and intel wifi) or the synaptic touch pad on my laptop.

I've never really tinkered with compiling a custom kernel before and I cannot seem to locate where these drivers are in the configuration menu so when I compile from source they can be enabled - any suggestions?

~Jeff

The guide in my sig will run you through the process of compiling a custom kernel and adding features to an existing configuration, however it is written for Slackware which is simple by design. I cannot speak for Ubuntu or Maemo. In the least it will give you an overview of the general process in its simplest form which may help your understanding.

With regard to locating the specific drivers, you should only need to find the exact name of the driver you need, and then use the search function in menuconfig to locate it.

For example, if what you need is the ath9k atheros driver, when you enter menuconfig, just type a forward-slash (/) and enter ath9k, and you get this result:

Which shows you the location and dependencies of both the ath9k driver and it's associated debugging module.

Thanks! I'll be giving that a try as soon as I get home from work

~Jeff