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| Thread ID: 49601 | 2004-09-24 21:54:00 | Linux: Network Card Installation | tkelly (709) | Press F1 |
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| 275367 | 2004-09-26 07:18:00 | Hi Jen C Here's the readme file: ------------------------------------- 1) Compatibility. RedHat 7.1 RedHat 7.2 RedHat 7.3 RedHat 8.0 RedHat 9.0 2) Installation Procedure - run 'make config' to set up module install directory. (If the new kernel has a different version string, you need to change the directory. The default answer is correct for most users.) - run 'make install' (This will do everything (install the driver and the necessary files ). (make sure that you logged on as root). - run '/sbin/insmod rt2400.o' (as root) run '/sbin/ifconfig ra0 inet YOUR_IP up' run '/sbin/route add default gw YOUR_DEFAULT_GW dev ra0' (where [YOUR_IP] like [192.168.1.1], [YOUR_DEFAULT_GW] like [192.168.1.254]) - run '/usr/local/bin/RaConfig' to start the Configuring Utility. 3) Uninstall Procedure - run "make uninstall" -------------------------------- (I've been assured by DSE that this driver is OK with Mandrake, despite what (1) above says, but could this be the problem?) I have installed the wireless tools. The response to your command was: "kernel -2.6.3.4mdk-1-1mdk" "kernel -source-2.6.3-4mdk" Many thanks for your advice! |
tkelly (709) | ||
| 275368 | 2004-09-26 07:37:00 | Well I would go and download the latest driver from the developer's and use that instead. You can get it here (sourceforge.net). The driver supplied with the Network Card looks older than the old version available for download off DSE :p | Jen C (20) | ||
| 275369 | 2004-09-26 09:02:00 | Hi JenC Downloaded the driver, unzipped file to create file rt2400-1.2.1. Went through the previous procedures, but no change ie. when typed 'run /sbin/insmod rt2400.o' got response 'bash: run: command not found' and 'modprobe rt2400.o' produced same response as before. Is it possible that this isn't compatible with Mandrake ...? Thanks |
tkelly (709) | ||
| 275370 | 2004-09-26 09:57:00 | Righto lets start from scratch. (remember that everything is case sensitive and all) Check The Dependencies: terminal > su > iwc [tab] [tab] if iwconfig pops up then Wireless Tools are installed. Terminal can be any terminal program you want (gnome-terminal/konsole/rxvt/xterm - my personal favorite). The [tab] refers to pushing the tab button. If "iwconfig" doesn't show then it's not installed - download it from here (www.hpl.hp.com) Kernel Support for Wireless: Now to check that the kernel has wireless support enabled (either as a module or built-in). cp /usr/src/linux/.config ~/Desktop cd ~/Desktop cat .config | grep CONFIG_NET_RADIO The result will either be CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y or CONFIG_NET_RADIO=n If the result is CONFIG_NET_RADIO=n then no matter what you do wireless won't work without recompiling your kernel. Update Shared Libraries: su ldconfig exit Install The Kernel Module: cd /[path to drivers]/rt_2400_linux/Module/ ./Configure - if there are any errors stop here and let us know make su make install ./unload ./load exit (just to get back to a non-root user) lsmod | grep rt2400 If something pops up then the kernel module has worked and the NIC works. As to getting it to work - let us know - do you want to sign it a static IP or get one off DHCP? Do you want to connect to the internet through it? etc The recommended "get used to linux" period is 6weeks - that's to get out of the "one click install", a new gui, everything being different, etc. Usually most people start off installing programs from rpms or similar, then move to compiling from source, etc - I don't know of many that jump straight in the deep end and add a new Wireless NIC. |
Wood-Chuck (6195) | ||
| 275371 | 2004-09-26 12:35:00 | Thanks Wood-Chuck. 'Iwconfig' didn't show up, so have downloaded the file wireless_tools.26.tar to my (WinxP) laptop. So far efforts to get this to the linux PC via either a floppy disk (error copying) or CD (linux PC can't see the file burnt using the laptop) - but will keep trying and then will try rest of your suggestions Cheers |
tkelly (709) | ||
| 275372 | 2004-09-27 02:48:00 | Don't use "user-fiendly" drag and drop (InCD, etc) to CDs on Windows you want to read on a Linux machine. Why go looking for trouble? Make a standard "iso9660" CD (Joliet, Rock River, ... extensions don't hurt). Floppies do work ... but DOS doesn't check for errors when writing. Do a "Full" format on floppies you are using for transfer and toss any with bad spots. mcopy and the rest (mdir, etc) work very well. If you are ftp-ing tar (or tar.gz, or tgz, or tar.bz2) to linux make sure you are using BINARY mode. If a binary file is treated as ASCII (text) characters are added or removed (depending on the direction) when files are moved from *nix to DOSix. Compressed files don't work if they have had bytes removed or added. :_| |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 275373 | 2004-09-27 10:20:00 | Thanks Graham L Managed to copy wireless_tools.26.tar to a CD and then successfully onto the linux PC. Should I be trying to extract this into /sbin? Tried this using comment "tar xf filename" only to get responses ... tar: this does not look like a tar archive tar: skipping to next header tar: archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers tar: error exit delays from previous errors .... is this what you meant in your last comment? If so, how can I avoid this? Thanks |
tkelly (709) | ||
| 275374 | 2004-09-27 10:37:00 | It's a gzip'd tarball Try "tar -xzvf [filename]" |
Wood-Chuck (6195) | ||
| 275375 | 2004-09-27 11:10:00 | Great Wood-Chuck - it expanded the file beautifully! Went back to your earlier post and then used "cp /usr/src/linux/.config ~/Desktop" - this was OK. But in response to "cd ~/Desktop" got response "Not a directory" What I am trying to do here - copy files to the desktop? Cheers |
tkelly (709) | ||
| 275376 | 2004-09-27 11:17:00 | You got the idea. ~ is a symbolic link that should take you to /home eg: ~ = /home/username ~/Desktop = /home/username/Desktop. I used ~ because it meant I didn't have to use /home/username. You don't need to use the Desktop - it's just a preference of mine, and as my Desktop is always empty it provides a nice environment to extract things and see how things are coming along, etc. |
Wood-Chuck (6195) | ||
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