murphman9 Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 (edited) Hi, I'm fairly new to linux, i have used knoppix and some other linux os that boot from a cd but Mandrake 10.1 (community) is the first i have installed on a computer. Well 2nd, i had red hat 9 installed but was having the same problem that i am now. I have a planet WL-8310 Wireless card, i guess that there isn't a driver in mandrake that comes with it. or most other linux os for that matter. I am just wondering if there is anyone who can help me set it up, or show me where i can learn how. I have searched for hours with no luck so i have come here. Anyways, i found a few things, ndiswrapper and madwifi, but i'm not sure if they are already on mandrake or if i need to install them, which i don't really know how to do, but i'm sure i could if i had instructions. will those help me get my card running? or can anyone tell me how to? O yea, and i put both those on a disk in case i need them I would really appreciate it. I hope my hours of searching don't go to waste and i just have to give up and wipe mandrake. Thanks for all your help. Edited January 3, 2005 by murphman9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Madwifi is probably the way to go with this card. Look here: After you untar the madwifi pkg, cd into the new directory it creates and read the INSTALL and/or README file. Also, look here: http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtop...7892&hl=madwifi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphman9 Posted January 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 is there any specific place i should put it when i untar it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Nope. Your /home/murphman directory will do. Once you follow the instructions in the INSTALL, README and the post I linked to, you'll be moving stuff from there to its proper place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphman9 Posted January 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 ok, i got that, i'm pretty sure i have the make file setup correctly, once i ran it heres what happened. i'm just going to put the errors since i'm typing this all out if_ath.c: In function 'ath_beacon_tasklist': if_atg.c:1070:warning: implicit declaration of function 'pci_dma_sync_single' if_ath.c: In function 'ath_sysctl_stats': if_ath.c:2516: error: too few arguments to function 'proc_dostring' if_ath.c: In function 'ath_sysctl_handler': if_ath.c:2527: error: too few arguments to function 'proc_dointvec' if_ath.c: In function 'ath_sysctl_dump': if_ath.c:2552: error: too few arguments to function 'proc_dostring' if_ath.c: At top level: if_ath.c:2587: warning: initialization from incompatable pointer type if_ath.c:2589: warning: initialization from incompatable pointer type if_ath.c:2591: warning: initialization from incompatable pointer type if_ath.c:2593: warning: initialization from incompatable pointer type if_ath.c:2595: warning: initialization from incompatable pointer type if_ath.c:2597: warning: initialization from incompatable pointer type if_ath.c:2599: warning: initialization from incompatable pointer type if_ath.c:2601: warning: initialization from incompatable pointer type if_ath.c:2603: warning: initialization from incompatable pointer type make[1]: *** [if_ath.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/brian/Desktop/madwifi/driver' make: *** [all] Error 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphman9 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 (edited) ok, i have it installed now, i'm just not sure how to configure it, could someone show me? or link some instructions. i've tried to add a wireless network connection in mandrake control center but something just flashes quickly and dissapears and i'm back to the option load manual driver. it's like it doesn't want to add that or it's not recognizing the device. although it is recognizing it in hardware. two appear under ethernetcard RTL-8139 and AR5213 802.11g Wireless adapter (the one i'm trying to get to work) i have tried everything with rtl-8139 it configured it upon install but it does not run. so i'm pretty sure it's the other that has the problem. o yea and i'm running this on a desktop, not a laptop. this is probably a result of missing a step, but when i try to configure the module it says Paramaters none. that can't be right can it? Edited January 8, 2005 by murphman9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 (edited) Did you just run make in the madwifi folder and go those errors? It looks like your card is supported http://madwifiwiki.thewebhost.de/wiki/MadWifi You have to run "make" then su to root and "make install" after that you have to run "modprobe ath_pci" then go to the mandrake control center and set it up. I have a atheros card which the madwifi driver is for. If you go to the Mandrake Control Center>Network Internet>New Connection you can pick out "atho_pci" and go through the setup. Just make sure you have the ssid name right and chances are its a "managed" connection. Like my ssid is "mshome" you should have a setup or name similar in your router for this. Edited January 8, 2005 by FX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 Oh yea make sure you have the kernel source installed. In a terminal type "uname -r". Then go to MCC Software mangement and install the kernel source. Like for mine I have 2.6.8.1-12mdksmp for my kernel. I installed the kernel-source 2.6.8.1-12mdk for the driver to compile correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphman9 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 (edited) ok, i did the make first, like before, it looks like it completes, but a few times while it's running it says MODPOST, then theres an error Warning and then it says something about ath_hal_xxx ............................../ath_hal/ath_hal.ko undefined (thats not the whole error but i don't really feel like typing out the whole thing then i do make install has the same warnings and modpost, which i don't know if thats a command but i tried running modpost and it didn't work and when i run modprobe ath_pci and it says WARNING: Error inserting ath_hal .......unknown symbol in module or unknown paramater (see dmesg) FATAL: Error inserting ath_pci .......unknown symbol in module or unknown paramater (see dmesg) so that can't be good ok, and i have 2.6.10 kernel installed, i checked the madwifi site and it says their current version supports it so that shouldn't be a problem, the source is installed on the computer and i'm pretty sure that the make file finds the source automatically since during the make it says entering directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 Edited January 8, 2005 by murphman9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 In a terminal type "dmesg" and look towards the end of the list and see what it says. Post it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphman9 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 heres what it says, ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel ath_hal: Unknown symbol ath_hal_wait ath_hal: Unknown symbol ath_hal_version ath_hal: Unknown symbol ath_hal_buildopts wlan: 0.8.4.5 (EXPERIMENTAL) aht_rate_onoe: 1.0 ath_pci: Unknown symbol _ath_hal_attach ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxttime ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_mz2ieee ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_detach ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_probe ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_init_channels ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_getwirelessmodes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphman9 Posted January 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 can someone help me please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 It looks like the module hasn't built cleanly. Have you checked for mdk packages for madwifi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphman9 Posted January 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 are there mdk packages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 There are rpms for mandrake club memebers and on the bought CD's. Other than that, I'd make sure that you have the correct kernel source installed and try rebuilding the driver module. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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