Re: Using a prism2 usb card on Sarge

[Roby <sobrecarga@adelphia.net>]

Dave Johnston wrote:

> Roby wrote:
>> Dave Johnston wrote:
>>> I've just done a fresh install of Sarge using kernel 2.6.8-2-386,
>>> and now I'm trying to get a Prism2-based USB wifi adaptor working
>>> so I can connect the machine to the network as a normal client.
>> I downloaded linux-wlan-ng source and built my own modules; currently
>>  use linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre26 under a (custom) 2.6.12.3 kernel.
>> Works fine.
>> 
>> Regarding your current quandry, I think you meant 'lsusb | grep
>> prism2'. Try manually reading through the output from lsusb -vv.  My
>> (AirVast) radio doesn't say 'prism*' in the lsusb verbiage.
> 
> Quite correct - lsusb is what I wanted and reports the Prism2.5 card as
> expected!
> 
> I did try the source route today, but there appears to be confusion
> amongst the docs about how to do this. As I understand it, this the
> basic procedure (mostly from the wlan-ng readme):
> - install/extract kernel sources
> - configure kernel source ('make menuconfig'), check wlan support is
> enabled - extract linux-wlan-ng sources
> - on l-w-ng sources, do 'make config', 'make all', 'make install'
> - reboot
> 
> What's missing from that list? Upon reboot 'modprobe prism2_usb' still
> reports the module as missing.
> 
> Ta,
> Dave

That's what I do too ... except that I also compile the kernel from the
source and .config that is referenced when building the prism modules.  I
have p80211.ko and prism2_usb.ko in /lib/modules/2.6.12.3/linux-wlan-ng for
my 2.6.12.3 kernel.

Roby