anthony lordi wrote:
> Jerry. Thanks. See answers below. I copied 'rtl8180-0.21.tar.gz' from > the flash drive to my home directory, so I don't loose it in trying to > install it. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry W. Hubbard" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CWE-LUG" <[email protected]>; "Anthony Lordi" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 8:24 PM > Subject: [cwe-lug] WPC11ver.4 (was Re: CentOS) > > >> Anthony Lordi wrote: >> >>> Jerry. There is no hurry. I'm trying different things and learning. I >>> downloaded two files from different places and got >>> 'rtl8180-0.21tar.gz' and got 'rtl8180-0.21.tar.tar'. I #gunzup >>> rtl8180 -0.21.tar.gz and got 'rtl8180-0.21tar ' on the flash drive. >>> That is where things went to error messages. I tried to #'make' the >>> file to change the kernel, tried #makfile, #insmod,#modprobe, and >>> seemed to keep getting the can't find file error. I concluded it has >>> something to do with "tar". Can you give some generic help as to the >>> tar.tar and tar.gz. Now, how do I get it into the kernel? Tony >>> >> >> Before helping with the above, more information is needed to avoid some >> other problems. >> >> Step one is find out which Kernel you are running and version of gcc. >> >> Open a terminal and type >> /uname -a/ >> >> You should see something like this: >> Linux xxxxx.yyyy 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL #1 Tue Jan 17 06:51:40 CST 2006 i686 >> athlon i386 GNU/Linux > > > > Yes, the answer is similar. "Linux xx.yy 2.4.9-e.40 #1 > >> Next type >> /gcc -v/ >> We will need to know the last line for this command. >> The last line should look like this: >> gcc version 3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2) > > > "gcc version 2.96 20000731(Red Hat Linux 7.2 2.96-128.7.2" > >> Also see if the driver will load with this command: >> /insmod -f rtl8180_24x.o >> /(You should be root to load the driver.)/ > > > When I did the above in root, I got the message 'no such file or > directory'. > > I also tried the group of commands in the snippet in Roberts email > and got back only the root command prompt. Then for # echo $? got the > number 127. Needless to say, I don't know what error it means. I think > the problem is in my handling of the tar and gz, but nothing I tried > worked. I have the zipped file in my home directory. The module > rtl8180_24x.o the snippet was trying to insert may be one of the files > in the tar.gz file I downloaded and copied to a folder > /home/acl/wpc11v.4-driver/rtl8180-0.21.tar.gz. Also, /mnt/flash has > the original downloaded directory, rtl8180-0.21.tar.gz. The module > rtl8180_24x.o might be hard to find. I tried unzipping to get rid of > the gz. I couldn't get rid of the tar. The readme talks of 4 files to > insert, three with ieee in them. That didn't work either. Directory > rtl8180-0.21 has 39 files in it, none of which are rtl8180_24x.o. > Where does this file with the trailing .o come from? > I forgotten what the .o extention means in Linux. I think it is object code. Anyone else have the answer? Robert, Scott, Ed? I know where to get the rtl8180_24.x.0. There is more than one version. The problem is knowing which Kernel and gcc version you are running? The Realtek site has the drivers. > Thanks for any help. Tony p.s. I know the driver probably wants a > newer distro, but CentOS 2 is was what I had. Ubuntu and Kanotix > wouldn't install. Knoppix wouldn't configure. Next I'll try Libranet. > Hey, I'm having fun. Tony, If you want, we can work on it at the next CWE-LUG. The CWE-LUG Web Site says the next meeting is Feb. 4, 2006. That is just a week away. I plan on making it. I will be on standby for the PD that weekend. If you decide on Libranet Good luck. -- Jerry Hubbard [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jerry Hubbard [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
