Hello Angstrom Users, I wanted to update everyone on the progress with getting wireless N working on my BeagleBoard-xM
As you know from this thread of emails, I was trying to get an Encore Wireless N150 USB Adapter <http://www.encore-usa.com/us/support/ENUWI-1XN42> working on the BeagleBoard-xM running Angstrom with kernel version 2.6.39. I got the drivers installed by installing the rtl8192cu kernel module (with opkg) and by putting the binary file rtl8192cufw.bin (acquired on Debian from its package manager) into the directory /lib/firmware/rtlwifi. Of course I had to insert the module into the kernel to get it working with the command "modprobe rtl8192cu" The final step is to edit the configuration file: /etc/network/interfaces (which can be done with a command like nano /etc/network/interfaces, assuming nano is installed) I had to add an entry for wlan1 (the wireless n adaptors name) by adding these 3 lines iface wlan1 inet dhcp wireless_mode managed wireless_essid <NETWORKNAME> Then after saving and running the command ifup wlan1 (you might have to run ifdown wlan1 before) I was able to get wireless connectivity. This assumes that the wireless access point isn't password protected. I'd also like to note that getting this working comes with some side effects. Not all modules work with this kernel. For example uvcvideo (to get video from webcams) doesn't work with kernel 2.6.39 with my webcam in gstreamer. I trying to get a more later kernel 3.0.28 installed, but I've also ordered another wireless adaptor that has drivers for kernel 2.6.32 (which has support for uvcvideo). On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 7:04 AM, W.A. Garrett Weaver < weav...@email.arizona.edu> wrote: > Angstrom Users, > > I've been trying to install Wi-Fi drivers on the > BeagleBoard-xM<http://beagleboard.org/hardware-xM>for theEncore Wireless N150 > USB Adapter<http://www.encore-usa.com/us/support/ENUWI-1XN42>. > I downloaded the source <http://www.encore-usa.com/us/support/ENUWI-1XN42>for > linux and installed make and the gcc compiler with opkg. When I tried to > run make, the terminal responded that "make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.32/build: > No such file or directory. Stop." so when I created the directory and > tried to rebuild it responded: > "make[1]: Entering directory `/lib/modules/2.6.32/build' > make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop." > > I would assume that a 'rule' should exist somewhere and that the make file > isn't pointing to the right directory, the question is, where could the > rule file be? How can it be found? > > -- > *W.A. Garrett Weaver * > weav...@email.arizona.edu > > -- *W.A. Garrett Weaver * weav...@email.arizona.edu _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
