i'm trying to get wireless working on a Sony VGN-S150 with intel 2200 wireless.

according to the drivers i need CONFIG_NET_RADIO configured in my kernel. when i grep see if it is on, i get an error.

i also need firmware loading capabilities of hotplug.

can i turn both these on without recompiling?
what is the proper directory for firmware loading?

if not, should i just download the most recent source and recompile?

hmm, guess that's enough q's to get me started, lol.

thx,
pres

What error ? Something like "CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set" ?

Then you need to compile the kernel with the above option set.

Sorry, don't know anything about that.

I think it's easier to recompile the current kernel (instead of the newest), so you don't run into possible configuration problems. Simply clone the kernel config (copy .config and make oldconfig) and change the parameters you need.

no the error i get is that the directory i am grepping does not exist (the wireless driver developers said to grep that directory).

here is the output:
grep CONFIG_NET_RADIO \
> /lib/modules/'uname -r'/build/include/linux/autoconf.h
grep: /lib/modules/uname -r/build/include/linux/autoconf.h: No such file or directory

also, the locate db has not been created when i installed yoper. making difficult to find things. how do i tell it to generate one?

hate to ask such simple questions :S
pres

I don't know if the Yoper kernel has this feature, but you could try the following:

zcat /proc/config.gz | grep NET_RADIO

I guess what the developers mean ist that you should fill in the output of uname -r rather than uname -r itself. This command returns the kernel version.

To get your locate db updated, you may need to run the command updatedb (as root).

thanks,

actually after my last post i decided to try to follow the directory tree listed, and saw that 2.6.8.1-3 was the "uname -r" directory, but then the entire naming scheme breaks down.... there is no .../build directory after that, let alone the other ones listed.

hmm, let me do some more sleuthing... wish i knew how to get "locate" working... lemme do a search on that first, lol... i need to write the db files for it.

cool, the command to write the locate and find db is: updatedb
now the locate command works

now back to the problem @ hand...
locate does not find an autoconf.h anywhere. i cannot grep for the NET_RADIO status unless i can locate it?

hmm...

edited:
so if i were to recompile the kernel, i would need to place the drivers in the above mentioned directory?
i'm not sure why the directory structure is different. either the kernel i'm using, or yoper has made it different?

hmm again... lol, i'm lost

i just tried this to get the kernel source (i don't think i have it):

apt-get install kernel-source

and it reads package lists and dep tree fine, but then i get this message:

E: Couldn't find package kernel-source

do i need to refer to the package differently?

edited
i just checked kernel.org for a version of the kernel i'm using to manually install it so i can get on with configuring this computer, and they only have 2.6.8.1 while yoper is using 2.6.8.1-3. is this the same? can i manually install sources from ..1 and have them work with ..1-3?

-maybe i should ask this last part at the general forum... not sure if this is the right place...
thx

i found the source on yoper website and just installed it from rpm (couldn't get the apt-get to work..)

also got the radio transmitting and receiving, just need to get the networking setup on it now (a quick search of the forums or web should get me through this easily).

thanks all, i'm all set,
pres

edited:
the solution for the radio actually didn't need the source (vmware did, lol).

to get the radio working on this notebook, get the ipw2200-0.15(+) drivers and firmware (two separate tars).

1. untar the firmware to the /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ directory.
2. untar the drivers to a directory and make, make install (as su)
3. modprobe ipw2200 (as su also)

you should be set. yoper takes care of the rest of the settings in the kernel.
a little prog like KWiFiManager should let you see if you're transmitting and receiving.
gl

WOW, who told you that?

I actually get the impression that you didn't read my post at all:

But I am happy that you resolved the problem yourself, finally!

"No such file or directory"

for me that would be: ~> cat /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-3/build/include/linux/autoconf.h | grep NET_RADIO
...drum roll..."No such file or directory"

OOPPPS!!! i goofed, lol. dyslexia strikes back... here's how i read that:

To get your locate db updated, you may need to run the command updated (as root).

...And i thought to myself, "he misspelled and never told me the command."

Sorry about that. ignorance does have a price. in my case the price was an hour trying to figure out how to update the db because i didn't read carefully and reread.

Thanks again for your help,
pres