SuSE 9.2, k 2.6.5

This section covers getting, building and installing the Ralink drivers for the Averatec 3220. * Go to SerialMonkey and download the latest version of the "11g-RT2500" source code for Linux. Right now, it is "rt2500-1.1.0-b2.tar.gz" 23/08/2005 : rt2500-1.1.0.b3.tar.gz * I save the source package in /home/sebas/wifi directory and unpack it there with the following command: tar -zxvf rt2500-1.1.0-b2.tar.gz * cd into the "Module" source directory, about two levels down. * Read the README file. * Do make. When you're done, you should have a file called rt2500.ko -- that's our kernel module. * Do make install. It will a) copy rt2500.ko into /lib/modules/2.6.5-7.97-default/kernel/drivers/net/wirelss b) update the /etc/modules.conf file: following line: alias ra0 rt2500 added * Copy the ifcfg-ra0 file to its proper place: cp /home/sebas/wifi/rt2500-1.1.0/Module/ifcfg-ra0 /etc/sysconfig/network/ * Modify the provided ifcfg-ra0 file thusly: add this line: TYPE=Wireless * Be sure that the wireless gadget is enabled by pushing its button, the one near the power button. The little blue wireless light should come on. * load the rt2500 module into the kernel: modprobe rt2500 dmesg displays You can create a script to do this on boot-up, or boot into your previous kernel and run the 2.6.8.1 kernel's make install again to get the Ralink module (which is now in the /lib/modules/2.6.8.1/ area, included in the boot-time module mix. Apparently the kernel makes a list of all of the modules in /lib/modules, and uses it at boot time. I'm kind of fuzzy on this. Read man depmod or read about the System.map if you want to understand it. * You should now be able to use the "Network" applet in KDE to configure and activate the ra0 wireless device. * iwlist scanning ra0 - can you see the AP ? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ # alias ra0 rt2500 (set in /etc/modules.conf by Makefile) # modprobe rt2500 # ifdown ra0 # ifup ra0 # ifconfig ra0 # ifstatus ra0 # lsmod | grep rt2500 (check the driver has loaded) # try this when you are in the Wifi module's directory: # make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`modules # have fun, Karsten ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ No rule to make target 'modules' : The next lines will prepare the kernel source so that it can be used against compiling modules : cd /usr/src/linux make cloneconfig make prepare-all Jo vaig fer (a /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.97/scripts/basic) : make fixdep make split-include make docproc