[ltp] Re: [ltp] help with wireless/sound on R50

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hello,
wireless:
did you compile the hostap first?
you will have to compile the hostap and after that retry your
approach...
hope this helps.
rick <rick@ricksweb.info> schrieb am 02.06.2004, 16:03:57:
> I just managed to get Debian unstable up and running. Things are going great 
> except I don't have sound and I want to get wireless up and running. It has 
> the built in centrino so I am trying to get the ipw2100 up and running. I 
> have never used wireless in linux and I am getting a bit confused as I don't 
> know how this should be working. 
> 
> System Info:
> Debian unstable with kernel 2.6.6-1-686 package 
> 
> 1) Sound: does anyone have a quick how-to on getting sound up and running? I 
> can't find any details of a working R50 in linux-laptop.net. Most of the 
> laptops in t
here seem to have sound working out of the box. I did have 
> Mandrake 10 on here for a day and it did have working sound, but of course I 
> didn't check it out before I blew it away. 
> 
> 2) Wireless: Does anyone have a good beginning to end info sheet on how 
> wireless works on Linux systems, what files are involved and where they are 
> most often located. I keep finding bits and peices that are confusing me. 
> There is a firmware file, but that is odd, because I usually think of 
> firmware as in the hardware. There is the ipw2100 driver, which I can't get 
> to compile. I get this:
> # make HOSTAP=$HOSTAP
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.6-1-686/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/ipw2100-0.45 
> MODVERDIR=/usr/src/ipw2100-0.45 modules
> make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.6-1-686/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
> make: *** [modules] Error 2
> It's right, I don't have a /lib/modules/2.6.6-1/build directory. 
> 
> I am supposed to check if CONFIG_NET_RADIO is on in my kernel, but I don't 
> have a autoconf.h file to check in on my system. 
> 
> I guess I am used to wired lans to much. You get the driver loaded...then 
> there are a couple of files to worry about to get your network up and 
> running. Wireless seems to have 6 different peices and I can't seem to find 
> a complete guide to this. 
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> Rick
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