Comment 8 for bug 759986

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Jussi Kivilinna (jukivili) wrote :

Hello,

Ok, you don't know how to patch and build kernel. Let's try patched compat-wireless instead, to just update wifi-drivers.

Instructions:

1. Enter following commands.

2. > sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic
3. > wget http://koti.mbnet.fi/axh/kernel/zd1211rw/compat-wireless-2011-05-28-zd1211rw_fix_signal_level.tar.bz2
4. > tar -jxf compat-wireless-2011-05-28-zd1211rw_fix_signal_level.tar.bz2
5. > cd compat-wireless-2011-05-28-zd1211rw_fix_signal_level
6. > make
7. > sudo make install

8. Then reboot and test to see if bug reappears or not.