How to install D-Link DWl G 520 (wireless lan) in fc7

megerdin · 05-04-2008, 03:49 AM

Hi frendz.
I install FC7 in my pc its can't recognize my wireless card (Dlink- dwl g 520).

Now I want to install and configured.
I tried with google and other forums and try with there solution

But failure.

can u help me to install this card.
or any useful link to download driver.

note: i m using default kernel with fc7

kernel version.

Quote:

[root@Server1 ~]# uname -a
Linux Server1 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 #1 SMP Wed May 23 22:35:01 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

plz help

Thanks

............In advanced

Nylex · 05-04-2008, 03:59 AM

What does lspci show for the device? What exactly have you tried?

megerdin · 05-04-2008, 07:34 AM

below is my lspci result.

Quote:

#lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE Host-to-AGP Bridge (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
02:03.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
02:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
02:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46)

I tried with madwifi-0.9.4.12,
ndiswrapper-1.1,
but failure

any more sugesstion plz.

Nylex · 05-04-2008, 08:04 AM

You need to explain exactly what you mean by "failure". You haven't given enough information for anyone to be able to help you. What specifically went wrong when you tried MadWifi?

megerdin · 05-04-2008, 08:29 AM

when i run make the following error appered.

Quote:

# make
mkdir -p ./symbols
for i in ./ath_hal ath_rate/onoe ./net80211 ./ath; do \
(cd $i; make) || exit 1; \
done
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4.12/ath_hal'
uudecode ./../hal/linux/i386-elf.hal.o.uu
make[1]: uudecode: Command not found
make[1]: *** [hal.o] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4.12/ath_hal'
make: *** [all] Error 1

what sohould I do.

Nylex · 05-04-2008, 08:34 AM

Looks like you need to install GNU Sharutils. I imagine Fedora has a package for it.

megerdin · 05-04-2008, 09:11 AM

thanx
I m trying........

megerdin · 05-04-2008, 09:51 AM

i install sharutils-4.6.3-1.fc7.i386

Now following error appered whne run make for madwifi..

Quote:

#make
mkdir -p ./symbols
for i in ./ath_hal ath_rate/onoe ./net80211 ./ath; do \
(cd $i; make) || exit 1; \
done
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/wireless/server1/madwifi-0.9.4.12/ath_hal'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/build SUBDIRS=/root/Desktop/wireless/server1/madwifi-0.9.4.12/ath_hal MODVERDIR=/root/Desktop/wireless/server1/madwifi-0.9.4.12/ath_hal/../symbols modules
make: Entering an unknown directory
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: Leaving an unknown directory
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/wireless/server1/madwifi-0.9.4.12/ath_hal'
make: *** [all] Error 1

Nylex · 05-04-2008, 10:06 AM

If I remember rightly, this is because you need to have the source for your current kernel installed.

megerdin · 05-05-2008, 06:11 AM

so what should I do.
If I upgrade my kernel from any rpm package is it work for me?
Or need to compile a new kernel from source?

Nylex · 05-05-2008, 06:26 AM

You shouldn't need to upgrade your kernel or recompile it. You need to install the kernel source RPM for the version of the kernel you're running. You should really have checked the software requirements to see what you need: http://madwifi.org/wiki/Requirements.

megerdin · 05-05-2008, 10:49 AM

Thanks Nylex....

My problem solved.
Actually it was very difficult to resolved dependencies when i tri to build madwifi from source.

later I install another LAN card (not wireless) and configured it for using Internet.

I just run the following command ....
http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/RedHat

Quote:

yum install madwifi madwifi-kmdl-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7

Its resolved dependencies and also upgrade my current kernel to latest.
just Reboot

And all are done.

I use GUI wireless tools to make my wireless card work (configuring).

Before Running YUM I Install Livna repository
for yum to work.

Thanks Nylex Again

Nylex · 05-05-2008, 11:00 AM

Glad you got it sorted.