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Old 12-19-2004, 03:59 PM   #1
eagleyed
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Building module for dwl-520+


I've tried building a module to make my wireless card work. Below are the steps I've taken to install the module. As you can read I'm new to linux and I would like to know what to do to make this card work. I'd appreciate the help so I can make this card work.

Steps:

Unzip (File)
Cd to (File)
SU
make
make install
modprobe (object file) or insmod (full path to object file)

After doing the above steps my card is still undetected. I get a message after "Make install": cp (object file) /lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/net/wireless

Is there another command I should be using then? I would appreciate your help!
 
Old 12-19-2004, 09:52 PM   #2
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"Unzip (File)
Cd to (File)
SU
make
make install
modprobe (object file) or insmod (full path to object file)"

Well, I'd insert a "vim README" or "vim INSTALL" or whatever your favorite text editor is to check the instructions that come with the driver?
 
Old 12-20-2004, 09:23 PM   #3
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The dwl-520+ is an acx100 pci card, of course you should verify that by running lspci -n as root and then you should see 104c:8401 in the listing. What driver source did you download and "unzip" and run make install on?

I suggest you use the fine driver at acx100.sourceforge.net, go there, then to downloads and then snapshots and download acx100-0.2.0pre8_plus_fixes_43.tar.bz2, the README is at the end of the page. This driver is *very* solid for acx100 devices.
 
  


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