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

[Richard Urwin]

Built on Christmas Eve and posted on Christmas day. Punky you are a
gentleman and a very nice man. Thanks.

I now have a wlan0 appearing as if by magic.

If anyone is wondering, this is the beast:
http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/products/wireless/#pid88171
So far I'm very happy to give them a plug here. Just the WEP
configuration to go, and it looks straightforward.



On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 5:28 AM, Punky Tse <punkytse at punknix.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> RT2x00 driver should be available in:
>
> http://www.voyage.hk/dists/experimental/linux/linux-image-2.6.26-486-voyage_6.0-1_i386.deb
>
> Merry X'mas,
> Pukny
>
>
> Richard Urwin wrote:
>>
>> 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