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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Urwin <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] Help: Need RT2x00usb driver for Christmas present To: Kurt Stevens <[email protected]> Thanks for that. I think I have a problem with the gcc version; I think I need to use 3.3, but the installed version is 4.3.2. There is no gcc-3.3 package with my current sources. Is that the version I need, and if so, which sources do I need to add to get it? TIA On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Kurt Stevens <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard, > You should be able to build just the module without having to build > the kernel, but the kernel source will be required. > > Kurt > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Richard Urwin > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Voyage-linux] Help: Need RT2x00usb driver for Christmas present > > > Argh! Lack of planning on my part is no reason for urgency on anyone else's, > but it would be appreciated. > > I'm building a digital photo-frame. I have all the software in place and it > works great. The last piece of the puzzle is to ditch the wired ethernet and > use wireless. > > I bought this USB WiFi stick because it was known to be 100% compatible with > Linux. Now with less than 48 hours to go, I find the driver isn't in > Voyage-Linux. It seems to have been removed in 2006. What options do I have? > > I have the source of the driver, but there are warnings not to build it for > kernels after 2.6.22, because the driver is already in the kernel. Not in > the 2.6.26 (voyage 0.6 built 20081013) it isn't: > > # CONFIG_RT2X00 is not set > > and > > # modprobe rt2x00usb > FATAL: Module rt2x00usb not found. > > It would be really, really nice if someone could build this module for me, > if that will work. Or can I build the drivers from source since the kernel > module is disabled, or am I going to have to build the kernel myself? (I've > tried to build kernels a couple of times, and not got anything to boot yet. > *blush*) > > -- > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > Voyage-linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux > > -- Richard -- Richard _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
