Gustin Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Grammostola Rosea wrote: > > >>> lsmod |grep rt2 You should see rt2500pci or possibly rt2x00pci. If >>> you do not see that, then perhaps you need to do a sudo modprobe >>> rt2500pci >>> >>> >> $ sudo modprobe rt2500pci FATAL: Module rt2500pci not found >> > What happens when you grep for rt module, as in my example from above. > Nothing...
>> The driver should be in the kernel right? Why does the .26 multimedia >> kernel work out of the box and .29 not? I can't find a good reason >> (or the driver is not included in the kernel !??) >> > > There is an excellent reason. The WiFi stack is in a state of flux. A > lot of the drivers are being rewritten (or more accurately, the work > started years ago is just now starting to be realized and integrated). > This is all a good thing though it does mean that there will be some > problems as the new drivers are integrated and bugs are sorted out. The > RaLink devices are affected (the new rt2xxpci/usb drivers which replaces > the rt2500pci/usb driver) and atheros (with the ath5k drivers), and > broadcomm (the least stable, due mostly to the fact that broadcomm as a > company is about as brain dead as you can get). > > ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/* > will tell you what drivers are available. > $ ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/* /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/adm8211.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/airo_cs.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/airo.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/arlan.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/atmel_cs.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/atmel_pci.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/netwave_cs.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/strip.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wavelan_cs.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wavelan.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k: ath5k.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k: ath9k.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43: b43.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy: b43legacy.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/hostap: hostap_cs.ko hostap.ko hostap_pci.ko hostap_plx.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00: ipw2100.ko ipw2200.ko libipw.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi: iwl3945.ko iwlagn.ko iwlcore.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas: libertas_cs.ko libertas.ko libertas_sdio.ko usb8xxx.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf: libertas_tf.ko libertas_tf_usb.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco: hermes_dld.ko orinoco_cs.ko orinoco_nortel.ko orinoco_plx.ko spectrum_cs.ko hermes.ko orinoco.ko orinoco_pci.ko orinoco_tmd.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/p54: p54common.ko p54pci.ko p54usb.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x: rtl8180.ko rtl8187.ko /lib/modules/2.6.29-1-multimedia-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw: zd1211rw.ko > Intel devices are pretty stable right now as Intel has been the doing > the right thing for a couple of years. > > >> the .26 kernel: >> >> $ sudo iwconfig >> >> lo no wireless extensions. >> >> eth0 no wireless extensions. >> >> wmaster0 no wireless extensions. >> >> wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"*******" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 >> GHz Access Point: 00:16:B6:2B:4D:87 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 >> dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B Encryption >> key:9798-3297-34 Link Quality=69/100 Signal level=-66 dBm Rx invalid >> nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 >> Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 >> >> > - From this it looks like there is a wireless driver loaded, functioning, > and it is connected to an access point, a Linksys wireless router by the > look of it. This was info from the .26 kernel, which works ok. Regards, \R _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
