Jerry. Look forward to seeing you on the 4th. Will pick up the CentOS4, and only install it if we give up on getting WPC1v.4 configured. Meanwhile, I'm going to read the manual..Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry W. Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CWE-LUG" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 4:39 PM Subject: [cwe-lug] [Fwd: Re: WPC11ver.4 (was Re: CentOS)]
> > > 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/ _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
