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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: andie on July 15, 2011, 11:47:09 PM

Title: USB wifi card - dlink dwa125
Post by: andie on July 15, 2011, 11:47:09 PM

hi all,

i am new to linux but extremely keen on getting tiny to work on my computer.

i have dlink dwa125, a usb wifi stick. for some reason it is not working in TC. the orange LED on the stick doesn't even flicker when i boot into TC.

i tried ndiswrapper and then modprobe. when i run wifi.sh i am told 'no wifi device found'.

any help is resolving the same will be greatly appreciated.

best,

Title: Re: USB wifi card - dlink dwa125
Post by: Juanito on July 16, 2011, 12:24:25 AM

This:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1289917

..explains how to obtain and load an appropriate lunux driver

Title: Re: USB wifi card - dlink dwa125
Post by: andie on July 16, 2011, 12:58:39 AM

hey Juanito,

 tx for the reply :). need help with one more thing. i'd like to know which package should i install to be able to 'make' the driver source.

also, would greatly help if you can tell me how to install a package :-[

tx again,
//andie

Title: Re: USB wifi card - dlink dwa125
Post by: Juanito on July 16, 2011, 01:18:22 AM

Quote from: andie on July 16, 2011, 12:58:39 AM

..i'd like to know which package should i install to be able to 'make' the driver source.

for kernel drivers you need the compiletc and linux-headers-2.6.33.3-tinycore extensions

Quote

also, would greatly help if you can tell me how to install a package :-[

See http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:creating_extensions

Title: Re: USB wifi card - dlink dwa125
Post by: andie on July 16, 2011, 06:28:04 AM

hey Juanito,

Thanks a ton. Will try and revert asap. Given that it took me a week to install TC, i suspect this will also take a while.

tx again,
//andie

Title: Re: USB wifi card - dlink dwa125
Post by: Juanito on July 16, 2011, 06:51:18 AM

You might want to look here also (Getting the Belkin N+ Wireless USB Networking Adapter to work with Ubuntu):

http://beautifuldiscovery.wordpress.com/page/10/?archives-list=1

..and note that I get this:

Code: [Select]

/usr/src/2011_0407_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.2_DPO/os/linux/../../chips/rtmp_chip.c: In function 'RtmpChipOpsHook':
/usr/src/2011_0407_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.2_DPO/os/linux/../../chips/rtmp_chip.c:467: error: implicit declaration of function 'RT33xx_Init'
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/2011_0407_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.2_DPO/os/linux/../../chips/rtmp_chip.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/src/2011_0407_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.2_DPO/os/linux] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/linux-headers-2.6.33.3-tinycore'
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2
..when I try to specify rt3070, but it works to produce a driver rt5370 if I leave things alone.

Title: Re: USB wifi card - dlink dwa125
Post by: andie on July 16, 2011, 04:53:37 PM

hey Juanito,

is it possible to download the compiletc and linux-headers-2.6.33.3-tinycore extensions in windows and then i install them locally?

thanks,
//andie

ps: just noticed the number of applications you have contributed to in the tcz repository. congratulations.

Title: Re: USB wifi card - dlink dwa125
Post by: gerald_clark on July 16, 2011, 05:05:25 PM

Look in the scripts section of the fora.

Title: Re: USB wifi card - dlink dwa125
Post by: Juanito on July 16, 2011, 11:39:23 PM

Quote from: andie on July 16, 2011, 04:53:37 PM

is it possible to download the compiletc and linux-headers-2.6.33.3-tinycore extensions in windows and then i install them locally?

Yes and no - if you download in windows, you will not automatically get the dependent extensions and will have to go one by one through the dep file - unless, as gerald_clark is indicating, there's a script to do this?