Re: Wireless AP setup: RTL8188CUS
Csanyi Pal <csanyipal@gmail.com> writes:
> Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 02/02/14 09:14, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>>> Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 01/02/14 21:57, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>>>>> Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 31/01/14 04:53, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just bought an USB dongle nano Netis WF-2120 adapter.
>>>>>>> I want to set it up on my headless Debian Wheezy server as a Wireless
>>>>>>> Access Point.
>>>>>>>
>>>> <snipped>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> However, I can't find the installed driver, and I don't know how can I
>>>>>>> load it as a kernel module?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Had you read this wiki page about that chipset?
>>>>>> https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I had. There I found that that my USB Wifi adapter is supported:
>>>>>
>>>>> when I plug in the WiFi usb adapter, lsusb shows the following:
>>>>> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS
>>>>> 802.11n WLAN Adapter
>>>>>
>>>>> and on the webpage https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x there is this davice
>>>>> listed:
>>>>>
>>>>> USB: 0BDA:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN
>>>>> Adapter
>>>>>
>>>>> On the web page: https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x there I found the
>>>>> following information:
>>>>>
>>>>> rtl8192cu (supported devices)
>>>>>
>>>>> Supports USB devices based on the RTL8188CUS and RTL8192CU chips.
>>>>>
>>>>> Introduced in Linux 2.6.39, enabled at
>>>>> linux-2.6 2.6.39~rc7-1~experimental.1.
>>>>>
>>>>> So now what should I do to get this USB Wifi adapter works?
>>>
>>>> Did you install the matching headers?
>>>
>>> I did install the linux-headers-2.6-powerpc.
>>>
>>>> Do you get a match on the chipset series when greping through the
>>>> likely modules after piping through string?
>>>
>>> When I run 'make menuconfig' in the kernel source directory, I found the
>>> Realtek RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU USB Wireless Network Adapter
>>> module
>>>
>>> in the
>>>
>>> Linux/powerpc 2.6.39.4-4 Kernel Configuration / \
>>> Device Drivers / Network device support / Wireless LAN
>>>
>>> In menuconfig I saved the setup in to .config file.
>>>
>>> But when I run after 'make menuconfig' the 'make' command, I get
>>> error message:
>>>
>>> arch/powerpc/kernel/align.c: In function ‘fix_alignment’:
>>> arch/powerpc/kernel/align.c:704:33: error: variable ‘instruction’ set
>>> but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable]
>>> cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
>>> make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/align.o] Error 1
>>> make: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel] Error 2
>>>
>>> What could be the problem here?
>>
>> Sorry (again). But I don't have clue.
>> I can tell you how to suppress the warning (--disable-werror):-
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Warning-Options.html
>>
>> but not how to fix the problem that generates it.
>
> I'm trying to fix this problem with installing gcc-4.4 on my Debian
> Wheezy system.
>
> Now when I have installed the gcc-4.4, I made a symbolic link:
> ls -l /usr/bin/gcc
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 febr 2 06:34 /usr/bin/gcc -> /usr/bin/gcc-4.4
>
> The gcc symbolic link are linked before this to the /usr/bin/gcc-4.6.
>
> Now I'm running the 'make' command in the kernel source file with the
> .config setup file. Sofar it is successfull, but it is ongoing yet. I'm
> waiting the make command to terminate successfull.
It's done ( after 8 houers ):
sudo dpkg -i bubba3-kernel-headers-powerpc_2.6.39.4-13_powerpc.deb
bubba3-kernel_2.6.39.4-13_powerpc.deb
(Adatbázis olvasása ... 76193 files and directories currently
installed.)
bubba3-kernel-headers-powerpc 1:2.6.39.4-13 cseréjének előkészítése (e
csomaggal: bubba3-kernel-headers-powerpc_2.6.39.4-13_powerpc.deb) ...
Csere kicsomagolása: bubba3-kernel-headers-powerpc ...
Selecting previously unselected package bubba3-kernel.
dpkg: considering removing bubba-kernel in favour of bubba3-kernel ...
dpkg: yes, will remove bubba-kernel in favour of bubba3-kernel
Kicsomagolás: bubba3-kernel innen: bubba3-kernel_2.6.39.4-13_powerpc.deb
...
Beállítás: bubba3-kernel-headers-powerpc (1:2.6.39.4-13) ...
Beállítás: bubba3-kernel (1:2.6.39.4-13) ...
WARNING: could not open /lib/modules/2.6.39.4-13/modules.builtin: No
such file or directory
Well, about this WARNING at the end: is this serious?
Should I reboot my Bubba box now safely?
--
Regards from Pal
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