Re: Making module for WLAN stick on iBook

[Sakari Aaltonen <sakari.aaltonen@tkk.fi>]

Quoting Rogério Brito

> Let's see if we can pinpoint where the
> problem lies.  But, before that, did you try any newer kernel?
>
> I am willing to compile you a newer kernel so that we can debug this
> and, if that is the case, report anything to the subsystem/module
> developers---then, we will have a proper, working kernel that we can
> count on.

As I said, the older WLAN stick works well with the iBook, and I  
really have no experience of playing with kernels on a Debian system.  
I got started on the RTL8192U because I thought the driver sources for  
Linux that came with A-Link's stick would be enough. That turned out  
not to be the case.


> > I just put the firmware in /lib, and that
> > was it.
>
> Well, that's nice that you now have some working wlan. BTW, how/where
> did you get the firmware from?
>
> I don't know how much familiar with the concept of a distribution like
> Debian, but we usually advise people to prefer to things that are
> already packaged. Is that the case of your firmware?

I think I got the older stick 3-4 years ago. I'm sure it was  the  
manufacturer, A-Link, that supplied the firmware. I don't remember  
which distribution I was using at the time - Slackware? Certainly not  
Debian.


Sakari Aaltonen