SOLVED - Need help tryig to install a driver for D-Link card

[Maurice]

I am trying to install a driver (rtl8180-0.21)for my wireless card and I am stuck at the first 3 instructions --

tar xzf rtl8180-0.21.tar.gz
cd rtl8180-0.21
make

The directory rtl8180-0.21 is made successfully but when I run make the answer I then get is -  make: No rule to make target 'rtl8180-0.21'. Stop

I'm stuck

Can anyone help please?

Thanks, Maurice

[Xero]

 What card do you have?

[Maurice]

What card do you have?

D-Link DWL-G510.  I know that this is not supposed to work with linux but I have exactly the same model in another computer and it works fine with Pclos.

However I managed to get past that stage and am now stuck when it comes to loading the modules (ieee files). It says it can't see them.

I queried D-Link about this and am waiting for their reply.

[Ertain]

Seems like a very old kernel module to me (could be five years old).  And for some reason it keeps erasing the files in the directory.

Even if you got it to compile it probably wouldn't work, anyway.

[Maurice]

Seems like a very old kernel module to me (could be five years old).  And for some reason it keeps erasing the files in the directory.

Even if you got it to compile it probably wouldn't work, anyway.

2.6.33.5 -- not what you would call old.

[Old-Polack]

Seems like a very old kernel module to me (could be five years old).  And for some reason it keeps erasing the files in the directory.

Even if you got it to compile it probably wouldn't work, anyway.

2.6.33.5 -- not what you would call old.

That's your kernel, not the kernel module.

Look in /lib/modules/2.6.33.5-pclos1/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/ and you'll find the proper driver rtl8180.ko.gz already installed. As root, try;

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe rtl8180                     <Enter>

[Maurice]

Seems like a very old kernel module to me (could be five years old).  And for some reason it keeps erasing the files in the directory.

Even if you got it to compile it probably wouldn't work, anyway.

2.6.33.5 -- not what you would call old.

That's your kernel, not the kernel module.

Look in /lib/modules/2.6.33.5-pclos1/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/ and you'll find the proper driver rtl8180.ko.gz already installed. As root, try;

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe rtl8180                     <Enter>

My apologies Ertain

Yes old-polack. there's a couple there rtl8180.ko.gz and rtl8187.ko.gz but what do I do with them? I've tried extracting them but ark won't launch.

modprobe rtl8180 returned nothing.

[Old-Polack]

Seems like a very old kernel module to me (could be five years old).  And for some reason it keeps erasing the files in the directory.

Even if you got it to compile it probably wouldn't work, anyway.

2.6.33.5 -- not what you would call old.

That's your kernel, not the kernel module.

Look in /lib/modules/2.6.33.5-pclos1/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/ and you'll find the proper driver rtl8180.ko.gz already installed. As root, try;

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe rtl8180                     <Enter>

My apologies Ertain

Yes old-polack. there's a couple there rtl8180.ko.gz and rtl8187.ko.gz but what do I do with them? I've tried extracting them but ark won't launch.

modprobe rtl8180 returned nothing.

Try;

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod |grep rtl                  <Enter>

It should now show as loaded. Loading modules that succeed returns nothing. Errors are reported only from failures.

[Maurice]

Try;

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod |grep rtl                  <Enter>

It should now show as loaded. Loading modules that succeed returns nothing. Errors are reported only from failures.

Returns nothing again

[Old-Polack]

Try;

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod |grep rtl                 <Enter>

It should now show as loaded. Loading modules that succeed returns nothing. Errors are reported only from failures.

Returns nothing again

Check for typos.

[root@littleboy ~]# lsmod |grep rtl
[root@littleboy ~]# modprobe rtl8180
[root@littleboy ~]# lsmod |grep rtl
rtl8180                     25057  0
mac80211               139485  1 rtl8180
eeprom_93cx6           1352  1 rtl8180
cfg80211                102437  2 rtl8180,mac80211
[root@littleboy ~]#

I don't even have a reason for this module to be loaded, but it does load on command, and brings in associated modules also.

[Maurice]

Check for typos.

Try;

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod |grep rtl                 <Enter>

It should now show as loaded. Loading modules that succeed returns nothing. Errors are reported only from failures.

Returns nothing again

Check for typos.

[root@littleboy ~]# lsmod |grep rtl
[root@littleboy ~]# modprobe rtl8180
[root@littleboy ~]# lsmod |grep rtl
rtl8180                     25057  0
mac80211               139485  1 rtl8180
eeprom_93cx6           1352  1 rtl8180
cfg80211                102437  2 rtl8180,mac80211
[root@littleboy ~]#

I don't even have a reason for this module to be loaded, but it does load on command, and brings in associated modules also.
.

Checking for typos returns

[root@localhost tita]# lsmod |grep rtl
[root@localhost tita]# modprobe rtl8180
[root@localhost tita]# lsmod |grep rtl
rtl8180                25061  0
mac80211              141920  1 rtl8180
eeprom_93cx6            1352  1 rtl8180
cfg80211              102730  2 rtl8180,mac80211
[root@localhost tita]#

[Maurice]

When I try to connect, the light on my adapter card flickers madly but the modem  does not respond. Also  the Network Center shows the green icon as though the wireless network was working.

Does this show that my adapter is working and I don't need to use ndiswrapper? Or what?

[Old-Polack]

When I try to connect, the light on my adapter card flickers madly but the modem  does not respond. Also  the Network Center shows the green icon as though the wireless network was working.

Does this show that my adapter is working and I don't need to use ndiswrapper? Or what?

Off hand I'd say your wireless is trying to work, but you may need to reset the router or modem. Both my router and modem are Linksys, but separate units. Usually it's the modem that needs resetting, when this happens, but sometimes both. You could try pinging the router, then the modem, then something in the outside world.

If you can't reach the router, the problem is with the card's setup. If you can reach the router, but not the modem the router may need to be reset to see the modem. If you reach the modem, but not the outside world, reset the modem. I usually ping the DNS server next, and if that works, then ping Google. If I can reach Google, I can reach the world.

[Maurice]

When I try to connect, the light on my adapter card flickers madly but the modem  does not respond. Also  the Network Center shows the green icon as though the wireless network was working.

Does this show that my adapter is working and I don't need to use ndiswrapper? Or what?

Off hand I'd say your wireless is trying to work, but you may need to reset the router or modem. Both my router and modem are Linksys, but separate units. Usually it's the modem that needs resetting, when this happens, but sometimes both. You could try pinging the router, then the modem, then something in the outside world.

If you can't reach the router, the problem is with the card's setup. If you can reach the router, but not the modem the router may need to be reset to see the modem. If you reach the modem, but not the outside world, reset the modem. I usually ping the DNS server next, and if that works, then ping Google. If I can reach Google, I can reach the world.

I reset it but it didn't help. However I've just bought a Linksys wmp 54 card on eBay. It will take a few days to arrive so will let you know how it goes when I install it.

As always thanks again for your suggestions o-p

Maurice

[Maurice]

I've got this Linksys wmp54G adapter which someone on another thread recommended as working with Linux but I can't get it to work. I transferred the driver (.cat .inf and .sys) from the cd that came with it into my home directory but no joy. Where should I put these files? The cd was no help with Linux.

I've also noticed that the wlan0 device in the setup has changed to wlan4. Is this significant? What else can I do to get it to work? Thanks.