3com wireless usb adapter installation help

windowlicker · 07-19-2006, 10:35 AM

hi

im trying to install the drivers for this usb wireless adapter but its not working.

i have linux drivers for it (3CRUSB10075), got them from the 3com site
http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/r...ku=3CRUSB10075

im using debian, my kernel is 2.6.16-2-k7-smp.

i edited the makefile as it was set to use a 2.4 kernel and i think it had the kernel source paths wrong. i changed them
from : /usr/src/linux-2.4
to : /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.16

can anyone tell me how to install these drivers, i dont think i know enough to get this working.

the last few lines of "make install" are

Code:

/home/computer/Desktop/3com/linux_3CRUSB10075_drv_1_2_0_0/src/zddebug.c:318: sorry, unimplemented: called from here
make[2]: *** [/home/computer/Desktop/3com/linux_3CRUSB10075_drv_1_2_0_0/src/zddebug.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/computer/Desktop/3com/linux_3CRUSB10075_drv_1_2_0_0] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.16-2-k7-smp'
make: *** [all] Error 2

thanks for your help

windowlicker · 07-19-2006, 10:41 AM

i think zd1211 id the chipset type
dmesg says this at the end:
zd1211: version magic '2.6.16-2-k7-smp SMP K7 gcc-4.1' should be '2.6.16-2-k7-smp SMP K7 gcc-4.0'

i will try exporting the gcc version to 4.0

windowlicker · 07-19-2006, 10:48 AM

i exported the gcc version, dmesg says nothing about it now, any ideas?

w1ndow:/home/computer# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

eth2 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

w1ndow:/home/computer# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:F2:39:37:3B
inet addr:192.168.1.69 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::215:f2ff:fe39:373b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:39 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:65 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:14771 (14.4 KiB) TX bytes:16769 (16.3 KiB)
Interrupt:217

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:F2:39:18:5B
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:74 Base address:0x6000

eth2 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-11-D8-00-00-76-8A-75-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:560 (560.0 b) TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

rickh · 07-19-2006, 11:39 AM

Getting Linux drivers from a vendor is generally an exercise in futility ... Get drivers for your card here, http://zd1211.ath.cx/

...and look around there for installation instructions as well.

windowlicker · 07-19-2006, 12:09 PM

Thanks rickh,the make and make install seem to go ok but then i get this

w1ndow:/home/computer/Desktop/3com/zd1211-driver-r83# modprobe -v zd1211
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-k7-smp/net/zd1211.ko
FATAL: Error inserting zd1211 (/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-k7-smp/net/zd1211.ko): Invalid module format

i changed CC to gcc-4.0 in the makefile but dmesg says
zd1211: version magic '2.6.16-2-k7-smp SMP K7 gcc-4.1' should be '2.6.16-2-k7-smp SMP K7 gcc-4.0'