Fwd: [Voyage-linux] Help: Need RT2x00usb driver for Christmas present

[Richard Urwin]

Oops. gmail reply to all is a pain in the ***


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Richard Urwin <soronlin.voyage at googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] Help: Need RT2x00usb driver for Christmas present
To: Kurt Stevens <stevens at charter.net>


Thanks for that. I think I have a problem with the gcc version; I
think I need to use 3.3, but the installed version is 4.3.2. There is
no gcc-3.3 package with my current sources.

Is that the version I need, and if so, which sources do I need to add to get it?


TIA

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Kurt Stevens <stevens at charter.net> wrote:
> Richard,
>        You should be able to build just the module without having to build
> the kernel, but the kernel source will be required.
>
> Kurt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: voyage-linux-bounces+stevens=charter.net at list.voyage.hk
> [mailto:voyage-linux-bounces+stevens=charter.net at list.voyage.hk] On Behalf
> Of Richard Urwin
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:42 PM
> To: voyage-linux at voyage.hk
> Subject: [Voyage-linux] Help: Need RT2x00usb driver for Christmas present
>
>
> Argh! Lack of planning on my part is no reason for urgency on anyone else's,
> but it would be appreciated.
>
> I'm building a digital photo-frame. I have all the software in place and it
> works great. The last piece of the puzzle is to ditch the wired ethernet and
> use wireless.
>
> I bought this USB WiFi stick because it was known to be 100% compatible with
> Linux. Now with less than 48 hours to go, I find the driver isn't in
> Voyage-Linux. It seems to have been removed in 2006. What options do I have?
>
> I have the source of the driver, but there are warnings not to build it for
> kernels after 2.6.22, because the driver is already in the kernel. Not in
> the 2.6.26 (voyage 0.6 built 20081013) it isn't:
>
> # CONFIG_RT2X00 is not set
>
> and
>
> # modprobe rt2x00usb
> FATAL: Module rt2x00usb not found.
>
> It would be really, really nice if someone could build this module for me,
> if that will work. Or can I build the drivers from source since the kernel
> module is disabled, or am I going to have to build the kernel myself? (I've
> tried to build kernels a couple of times, and not got anything to boot yet.
> *blush*)
>
> --
> Richard
>
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Richard



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Richard