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

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi Sean,

Thanks.  That's cool.

- Punky

Sean wrote:
> 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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