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On Thursday 20 December 2007 02:00:36 am Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I cannot really go into details, but maybe I'm competent enough to make |
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> some notes on this: |
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> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:47:55 -0500 |
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> Jeff Cranmer <jcranmer01@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > I manually edited the file |
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> > /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c [...] |
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> > I added the line |
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> > {USB_DEVICE(0x0bda, 0x8197)}, |
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> > in the /* Realtek */ area of the structure, then ran |
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> > make clean, then |
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> > make && make modules_install etc. |
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> > |
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> > After rebooting into the modified kernel, I now have iwmaster0 and iwlan0 |
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> > lines showing up when I type iwconfig. |
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> Although that's a good sign, it does not guarantee that the driver |
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> fully supports your device. However, the kernel log should now have |
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> changed significantly and the driver might now tell you there if it's |
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> fully operable. "ifconfig" showing the correct MAC is also a good sign. |
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> As a side note: My suggestion would be to play with the different |
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> "drivers" of wpa_supplicant. DHCP won't work if there's no correct WPA |
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> setup anyway. |
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> |
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> -hwh |
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ifconfig only shows the eth0 and lo interfaces, whereas iwconfig shows info on |
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the wireless interface, but not the MAC address |
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The MAC address does appear in the dmesg logs, with the line |
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phy0: hwaddr <actual address not put in e-mail>, rtl8187 V0 + rtl8225 |
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This is followed by |
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phy0: RF calibration failed! 0 |
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which I think is the key symptom that I need to address in order to move |
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forwards. |
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