I haven't tested out this script extensively - feel free to give it a spin and post results here:
BackTrack ISO Kernel 2.6.34 Upgrade
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I haven't tested out this script extensively - feel free to give it a spin and post results here:
BackTrack ISO Kernel 2.6.34 Upgrade
well there is still a huge bug:
Gmane Loom
rt2800usb is badly broken in 2.6.34 (rt3070 chipset for the most part) fixed in 2.6.35-rcx
ath5k needs patch
ath9k gives random ssid & incorrect flags in airodump-ng
airbase-ng is broken on all drivers I tested
compat-wireless fails to compile on this kernel
Hi, just thought I would add some extra detail.
Updated to 2.6.34 today.
A few things broke:
Both wireless drivers below fail to load firmware.
rt73 usb adapter wireless firmware
phy1 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request firmware
"dpkg -L rt73-drivers" shows old drivers for 2.6.30 exist, I guess the 2.6.34 are still in work?
ipw2200 internal Dell laptop wireless firmware:
I've rmmod/modprobed ipw2200 and performed cold reboots.
Each time dmesg shows:
ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
Inside /lib/firmware-2.6.34/ I have ipw-2.2-bss.fw and a few others.
I even tried making a symbolic link to trick it, but that still fails.
I bet it's a udev problem.
All of this worked great right before the kernel upgrade.
Thanks
Can confirm that the rt73 drivers no longer work with the update.
Just copy /lib/firmware/*.* from the live cd to the installed bt4 (boot from the live and copy,i had the same problem,fixed with this workaround).Quote:
Originally Posted by Ridgeback111
thanks you are a life saver I thought my vmware image was the problemQuote:
Originally Posted by michelinok
Copying the original boot iso's /lib/firmware into the /lib/firmware-2.6.34 on my install did the trick!
*Note /lib/firmware is a symbolic link to /lib/firmware-2.6.34 on my boot DVD.
Thank you!
it keeps asking me to abort the install because the kernel is already installed. 2.6.34. When I put
uname -a
Linux bt 2.6.30.9 #1 SMP Tue Dec 1 21:51:08 EST 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
I followed the instructions to the letter from a fresh install of BT4.
Also the command to cp the config file
cp /boot/config-2.6.34 .config
comes back negative. the file thats in there is the old one
config-2.6.30.9
Sometimes the simplest things trip us up.
never mind - I figured it out. DUH I was canceling the install when it asked me when I shouldnt have. Love this community by the way.
ipw2200 internal Dell laptop wireless firmware:
I've rmmod/modprobed ipw2200 and performed cold reboots.
Each time dmesg shows:
ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
Inside /lib/firmware-2.6.34/ I have ipw-2.2-bss.fw and a few others.
I even tried making a symbolic link to trick it, but that still fails.
I bet it's a udev problem.
All of this worked great right before the kernel upgrade.
Thanks[/QUOTE]
confirmed
i noted that airdriver-ng gives an error about the driver being compiled on a different GCC as well
note: this is on the "live-cd" R1
I'm having trouble updating the kernel; the error is as follows:
That is after I run "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade"Code:Errors were encoutered while processing:
/var/cahche/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.34_2.6.34-10.00.Custom-bt7_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I have also tried to force install with "-f"
All the other upgrades seem to install fine except for the kernel; is there something I'm supposed to do manually to install the 2.6.34 kernel?
I have looked at the FAQ, How-To, etc. and haven't found an answer to my particular situation... any help is appreciated.
I am using BT4 Final in VMware.