fedora intel ipw2100 WLAN hostap woes!!

nandish · 07-17-2004, 05:40 AM

I am a complete newbie wrestling with trying to get the ipw2100 to work under fedora core 2 on my ibm thinkpad x31

this is a complete deal breaker for me, if I can't get this to work by the end of August I have to go back to win xp

I'm following the instructions at http://jrblevin.freeshell.org/linux/ipw2100/

but I can't seem to get Hostap to 'make', i get this error:

Code:

[root@dhcppc0 hostap-driver-0.1.3]# make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435.2.3/build/ SUBDIRS=/home/nandish/documents/Projects/Linux x31/Wireless/hostap-driver-0.1.3/driver/modules \
        MODVERDIR=/home/nandish/documents/Projects/Linux x31/Wireless/hostap-driver-0.1.3/driver/modules modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435.2.3/build'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `x31/Wireless/hostap-driver-0.1.3/driver/modules'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435.2.3/build'
make: *** [2.6] Error 2

I've tried changing the the kernel path to point to

Code:

/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build'

but it just the same

Any ideas???!!?!!!!!

Thanks in advance

Nandish

david_ross · 07-17-2004, 12:31 PM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Wireless Networking and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

hkl8324 · 07-21-2004, 09:11 AM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=200845
take a look at the post

but you need to update your kernel to 2.6.6-1.435 first, up2date in FC2 will help you.
and the forth link is the post is dead

use this instead
http://download.atrpms.net/testing/p...c2.at.i686.rpm

you will need this two rpms also
http://download.atrpms.net/testing/p...c2.at.i386.rpm
http://download.atrpms.net/testing/p...c2.at.i386.rpm

that are the two files you need to slove the dependencies probles (the author of the above post forget to mention)

it works for my compaq persario X1000 centrino nootbook....
hope it works for you

staing · 08-17-2004, 08:17 AM

That's for all the help, I got everything going fine until I hit the last two rpm to resolve the dependencies problems. Can any one help me out,I'm a newbie to Linux and just followed instructions. I don't really understand what I was doing?

staing · 08-17-2004, 09:01 AM

I am newbie, You guys are way too cool, and if you could help me you'll be even more cooler. Here is my problem:

[root@localhost downloads]# rpm -ivh kernel-module-ipw2100-2.6.7-1.494.2.2-0.51-14.rhfc2.at.i686.rpm
warning: kernel-module-ipw2100-2.6.7-1.494.2.2-0.51-14.rhfc2.at.i686.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 66534c2b
error: Failed dependencies:
ipw2100-firmware >= 1.2 is needed by kernel-module-ipw2100-2.6.7-1.494.2.2-0.51-14.rhfc2.at

What do I need to do?

hkl8324 · 09-03-2004, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by staing
I am newbie, You guys are way too cool, and if you could help me you'll be even more cooler. Here is my problem:

[root@localhost downloads]# rpm -ivh kernel-module-ipw2100-2.6.7-1.494.2.2-0.51-14.rhfc2.at.i686.rpm
warning: kernel-module-ipw2100-2.6.7-1.494.2.2-0.51-14.rhfc2.at.i686.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 66534c2b
error: Failed dependencies:
ipw2100-firmware >= 1.2 is needed by kernel-module-ipw2100-2.6.7-1.494.2.2-0.51-14.rhfc2.at

What do I need to do?

you should get a ipw2100-fireware version number larger than 1.2