Re: Wireless AP setup: RTL8188CUS
Csanyi Pal, 3.02.2014:
> Csanyi Pal <csanyipal@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > 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?
>
> I did the followings.
>
> 1.
> dget -xu \
> http://b3.update.excito.org/pool/main/l/linux/linux_2.6.39.4-13.dsc
>
> 2.
> cd linux-2.6.39.4/
>
> 3.
> make menuconfig
>
> 4.
> Load the default excito configuration: From the menu, select Load an
> Alternate Configuration File and enter the following path:
> arch/powerpc/configs/bubbatwo_defconfig
>
> 5.
> I customize the kernel so I included the rtl8192cu driver as a Module.
> The resulting configuration are placed in
> arch/powerpc/configs/bubbatwo_defconfig
>
> 6.
> dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b -apowerpc
>
> 7.
> I get the resulting two packages in the parent directory:
> bubba3-kernel_2.6.39.4-13_powerpc.deb
> bubba3-kernel-headers-powerpc_2.6.39.4-13_powerpc.deb
>
> 8.
> I installed these packages with the command:
> sudo dpkg -i \
> bubba3-kernel-headers-powerpc_2.6.39.4-13_powerpc.deb \
> bubba3-kernel_2.6.39.4-13_powerpc.deb
>
>
> I investigate a little and found that that the
> /lib/modules/2.6.39.4-13/build/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/
>
> directory is empty..
Shouldn't you be looking in
/lib/modules/2.6.39.4-13/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/
^^^^^^
Do you have a module there?
> I don't understand the followings, quoted from the forum here:
> http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4744
>
> <quote>
> Are you compiling on the B2 itself? I had a similar issue with one of my
> first projects. The modules directory should contain a symlink to the
> kernel source ( build -> ../../../usr/src/linux ). Obviously this means
> you need to have the source and it needs to be prepared.
> </quote>
>
> What missed I here?
That looks like it's about getting compilation errors, but you seem to
have compiled fine so I don't think it's relevant.
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