Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: thefamousnomo on September 05, 2009, 05:14:06 AM
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hello people
im having some issues compiling the orinoco driver for my compaq n400c onboard wireless chip
i have installed compiletc.tcz and linux-headers-tinycore-2.6.29.1.tcz and dl'd orinoco-0.15.tar.gz and untar'd to ~/.local/bin
this is the make error
make -C /usr/local/src/linux-headers-2.6.29.1 M=/home/tc/.local/bin/orinoco-0.15 KERNELRELEASE=2.6.29.1-tinycore modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/linux-headers-2.6.29.1'
/home/tc/.local/bin/orinoco-0.15/Kbuild:34: *** Wireless extensions are not enabled. Stop.
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/tc/.local/bin/orinoco-0.15] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/linux-headers-2.6.29.1'
make: *** [modules] Error 2
can anybody help please?
thanks
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Somehow the -headers extension doesn't seem to include the config anymore. Must be a bug in the latest packaging. hats?
A solution on your end would be to download the config from ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/release/src/config-2.6.29.1-tinycore and place it named .config into the kernel source directory.
Outside of the issue - there is a driver for orinoco in our wireless extensions. Does it have issues with your chipset?
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done! still same message (cant grep CONFIG_NET_RADIO in the .config..?)
well, fn+2 should activate the adapter and no dmesg or ifconfig entries after pressing... checked bios and wireless is enabled...
anything i should / shouldnt be doing (not done much compiling :()
thanks
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There is no such option in current kernels anymore. The drivers you're trying to compile must be old.
Try looking for a patch?
Sorry to repeat, but does loading the wireless-2.6.29.1-tinycore.tcem extension not work for you?
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tbh, only got that config option through google, not from the site with the drivers... this is the site http://www.nongnu.org/orinoco/ and am pretty sure they are current...
well, am running wireless-2.6.29.1-tinycore.tczm for my old BT pcmcia card (Broadcom chipset)... is there any difference between the tce & tcz?
im lovin tinycore and it has resurrected the wee laptop... would be really sweet to have the onboard adapter working! thanks so far...
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would really appreciate any help for this issue please...
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thefamousnomo: you may need to have the correct firmware loaded (see the extension and `dmesg`)
Somehow the -headers extension doesn't seem to include the config anymore. Must be a bug in the latest packaging. hats?
Will take a look... thanks
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ok, googled around for this and it seems that it may actually be a prism2 chip... but cant get any dmesg output regarding the adapter at all...
will have a further dig around...
still, i should have been able to compile that module, shouldnt i? any ideas why i was getting that error message?
thanks again, really appreciate the distro and all help!
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http://www.red-bean.com/~proski/firmware/
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The last release of that driver was in 2006. That explains a lot..
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the driver which thefamousnomo needs seems to be a prism2.5, and for it thefamousnomo would require the firmware as well as compile an app (specified in the readme in the url i gave); after that, he can install the driver from the same url and maybe it will do it (fingers cross); yes, old that thing, but this source seems to be reliable and worth a try, i think. an obvious suggestion comes to mind: these times, external wifi cardbus or usb are so cheap, that i won't spend a minute more in this task, and would buy me one or the other in order to get rid of the connection issue quickly.