Hi,
I have 3.0 Home installed on my xbox, and I've been trying to get the WLAN drivers installed, except I have no idea how. Should I just follow the instructions about rebuilding the kernel and stuff?
Any pointers? I'm new to linux.
Thanks!
Installing WLAN drivers
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If you have instructions for your wlan card to work with linux that involve recompiling the kernel then that is what you should do.
build it with
the finished kernel is /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
you need to copy it to E:\ and rename it to vmlinuz, back up the old kernel first in case the new one doesn't work.
build it with
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make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install
you need to copy it to E:\ and rename it to vmlinuz, back up the old kernel first in case the new one doesn't work.
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Yep, specifically a DWL-120, Revision D1 (the prism chipset, not atmel)
I have the drivers installed now using emerge, but I can't quite get the SSID and WEP key files to take. Do they have to be in /etc/wlan/wlancfg-*** ? That's what the readme says, but the emerged package puts them in /etc/conf.d/wlancfg-***.
Anyway, thanks for the help!
P.S. And where's the rc.local file, for setting up the driver at boot?
I have the drivers installed now using emerge, but I can't quite get the SSID and WEP key files to take. Do they have to be in /etc/wlan/wlancfg-*** ? That's what the readme says, but the emerged package puts them in /etc/conf.d/wlancfg-***.
Anyway, thanks for the help!
P.S. And where's the rc.local file, for setting up the driver at boot?
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gentoo uses init scripts to start and stop devices and servers, these are found in /etc/init.d/
any options that need to be passed to the device or server at startup are placed in /etc/conf.d/
to start the device you use
to stop the device you use
to restart
one other you may find useful, if you start a device and it fails, you won't be able to restart it because you will get an error saying it has already been started
will make gentoo(x) think the device is stopped, regardless of whether or not it is.
To make a device start on boot
here the devicename is the same as the one in /etc/init.d
to remove a device from the boot sequence you previously added
any options that need to be passed to the device or server at startup are placed in /etc/conf.d/
to start the device you use
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/etc/init.d/devicename start
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/etc/init.d/devicename stop
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/etc/init.d/devicename restart
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/etc/init.d/devicename zap
To make a device start on boot
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rc-update add devicename default
to remove a device from the boot sequence you previously added
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rc-update del devicename
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once the drivers are installed and the device is started, will this usb wireless automatically pick up the connection and configure?
im wondering so that i can use other people's internet in my car
do you have to setup the SSID and the WEP keys?
im wondering so that i can use other people's internet in my car
do you have to setup the SSID and the WEP keys?