[Voyage-linux] Re: Compiling drivers for VIA mini pci card ( solomon) vt6655

[Sean]

I just posted complete instructions for ndiswrapper.

http://wiki.voyage.hk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=ndiswrapper

Sean

varadarajan narayanan wrote:
> Hi !
>
> This is not norhtech box but from the same manufacturer . Via Eden 800 
> mhz fanless
>
> cheers
>
> Rad
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 2:00 AM, Sean <knife at toaster.net 
> <mailto:knife at toaster.net>> wrote:
>
>     Varadarajan,
>
>     Do you have a NorhTec box? If so you should really use ndiswrapper
>     and the windows driver. The VIA driver is so bad! Associating to
>     access points when you don't want it to, requiring patches to
>     wpasupplicant, etc.
>
>     Check out this page for instructions:
>     http://nicolas314.wordpress.com/norhtec-microclient-jr/
>
>     The driver is here:
>     http://www.norhtec.com/info/download/vt6655softwarepackage1.1.zip
>
>     Punky has conveniently compiled ndiswrapper for the
>     ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.23-486-voyage. (THANKS PUNKY!) Just make
>     sure that this line is in your /etc/apt/sources.list.
>
>     deb http://www.voyage.hk/dists/0.5 ./
>
>     Sean
>
>     varadarajan narayanan wrote:
>
>         set -e; for d in driver ; do make -C $d install ; done
>         make[1]: Entering directory `/boot/vt6655_v118_02/driver'
>         make -C /lib/modules/2.6.23-486-voyage/build
>         SUBDIRS=/boot/vt6655_v118_02/driver                          
>                            modules
>         make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.23-voyage'
>
>          WARNING: Symbol version dump
>         /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.23-voyage/Module.symver            
>                                         s
>                   is missing; modules will have no dependencies and
>         modversions.
>
>          Building modules, stage 2.
>          MODPOST 1 modules
>         /bin/sh: scripts/mod/modpost: No such file or directory
>         make[3]: *** [__modpost] Error 127
>         make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2
>         make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.23-voyage'
>         make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
>         make[1]: Leaving directory `/boot/vt6655_v118_02/driver'
>         make: *** [install] Error 2
>         voyage:
>
>         On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:05 AM, varadarajan narayanan
>         <rad.narayanan at gmail.com <mailto:rad.narayanan at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:rad.narayanan at gmail.com
>         <mailto:rad.narayanan at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
>            Hi !
>
>            I am getting the following errors when compiling the
>         drivers for
>            this Mini PCI card from VIA with Voyage 0.5.2.
>         <http://0.5.2.> <http://0.5.2.>
>
>
>            - symvers is missing - modules will have no dependencies or
>            modversions
>
>            then it go to building modules stage 2
>            MODPOST 1 modules
>
>            /bin/sh : scripts/mod/modpost: No such file or directory
>
>            and then Errror 127 then quits.
>
>            what is this modpost ? what am I missing ?
>
>            I tried compiling this in another pure debian etch it goes
>         fine ?
>            Please help !
>
>
>
>            Cheers
>
>            Rad
>
>
>
>
>
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