On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 09:23:49PM +0800, Michael Hunt wrote: > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 10:42, Chris Anderson wrote about getting a > dwl-122 usb wireless stick working under Debian: > > > > > You don't. Your only option for an ibook g4 or powerbook 12" is to use a > > > > usb wlan adapter. I'm using a DWL-122 without issue personally. > > > > > > I currently have one on order for my G4 ibook. Do you have, or could you > > > pointy me to, debian specific instructions for setting this up ??? Was > > > there anything particular to debian/ppc that you had to do in order to > > > make this work ??? (I am totally new to wireless under linux having only > > > set this stuff up under that other OS). > > > > Download the latest linux-wlan-ng release from linux-wlan.org. Untar it > > and then run 'make config', you'll want the prism usb driver when it > > asks. Then when configuring is done just install it with 'make all; make > > install'. > > OK. Got my DWL-122 today and have tested it under OS X and it is all > working fine with my Minitar AP. (For the question about Mac OS X > stability make sure you get the latest drivers from > http://dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=175#drivers) > > Anyhow under linux when I go to compile the drivers after downloading > the latest linux-wlan-ng as suggested it 'spits the dummy'[0] during the > config stage. I have reproduced the error below :- > > <snipped from console> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1pre21$ make config > > -------------- Linux WLAN Configuration Script ------------- > > The default responses are correct for most users. > > Build Prism2.x PCMCIA Card Services (_cs) driver? (y/n) [y]: n > Build Prism2 PLX9052 based PCI (_plx) adapter driver? (y/n) [n]: n > Build Prism2.5 native PCI (_pci) driver? (y/n) [n]: n > Build Prism2.5 USB (_usb) driver? (y/n) [n]: y > > Linux source directory [/usr/src/linux]: > Linux source tree /usr/src/linux is incomplete or missing! > See the HOWTO for a list of FTP sites for current kernel sources.
Bah, another broken driver who doesn't know how to build when sources are not in /usr/src/linux. either you fix it by grepping in the makefile to see what shows /usr/src/linux and replace it with the stuff from kernel-build, or you put a symlink from /usr/src/linux to the place that holds your kernl-build stuff. If you use 2.6.8 debian packages, and this doesn't work for you, please fill a bug report. Friendly, Sven Luther
