Re: [newbies] wireless card...

[David Smith]

Okay, now we are getting somewhere. Your card is a Prism2 card, and uses 
the linux-wlan-ng driver, which I am pretty familiar with. The problem 
you are most likely encountering is that you don't have the kernel 
source code installed. Even though you aren't going to compile your own 
kernel, you do need the source installed so that the driver can be built 
correctly. So, to install the kernel source, do this:

su
apt-get install kernel-source#2.4.18-17.8.0
Make sure you get the right version numer on there (the stuff after the 
#). Do

uname -a

to find out what version of the kernel you have. Now building should be 
much easier. Follow the instructions as before. Do this:

cd to where you untarred the file.
./configure (answer yes to build the PCMCIA module and no to everything 
else)
make
su
make install

Now, to get your card working, just do this (with the card inserted):

modprobe prism2_cs

Now, your lights should come on. You should hear two high-pitched beeps. 
If you hear a low-pitched beep, something went wrong. Now, when you say 
'ifconfig -a', you should see a wlan0 device listed. If not, come back 
and we'll see if we can help out any more.

I hope that all this doesn't sound too terrible. It's really not that bad.

--Dave

Erin! wrote:

yes...  that was a link to linux-wlan-ng (if i remember correctly)... 
the model is USR 2410...  sorry i didn't include that earlier... :) 
i'm still learning what info is helpful in getting help :)  

--- David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

So, what's the exact model of the card? If you share that info, I can

give you much more specific details on how to get it working. Was
that 
link by chance a link to the linux-wlan-ng project? If so, you're in
luck.

--Dave

Erin! wrote:

   

it's a US Robotics card, and I got the driver from usr.com (they had
     

a
   

link to an unsupported linux driver...  yes, i meant ./configure... 
     

i
   

don't remember the error messages i was getting, but this weekend i
     

can
   

probably find some time to recreate it...  actually, if i remember
correctly, after about 45 minutes i think i got it to go through
without error messages, but when i tried to use the card, it
     

wouldn't
   

work...  
anyway, thanx for the help...  i'll post more info when i get it
     

(this
   

is a problem that i had a while ago...
~Erin
--- David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

     

How about some more details:
1. What's the exact model of the card?
2. Where did you get the driver?
3. Did you mean ./configure instead of ./config?
Just to provide an overview of how drivers are installed under
       

Linux 
   

(when compiling from source):

Usually, the ./configure command will create all the Makefiles
necessary 
to build the driver. Then, you type "make" to start the build 
(compilation) process. That creates a couple small files with .o as
the 
extension. These are the drivers. Then, typing "make install"
       

copies 
   

those files to a directory in /lib/modules. That way, you can say 
"insmod driver_name" and it will start using the driver. It's
       

usually
   

better to get a binary version of the driver (usually, an rpm
       

file).
   

Hope this helps. Let us know the details of your question, and
       

we'll
   

see 
if we can get some better answers.

--Dave

Erin! wrote:

  

       

okay, so i have a wireless card (US Robotics) and it works fine
         

when
   

i'm in windows, but even though i've installed a linux driver, it
refuses to work...  i'm not very good at installing from tars, so
    

         

maybe
  

       

i'm doing something wrong, but i typed in: 
tar -zxvf tarname.tar
then tried ./config, make, make install, etc....  i even read the
README that was inside the tarball, but none of that seemed to
    

         

work... 
  

       

im' not sure if i'm just inept or what...  i've had similar
         

problems
   

with other programs i've tried to install...  am i skipping steps
         

in
   

the install process????
~Erin
         

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