[ubuntu-uk] Wireless LAN problem

[Philip Wyett]

2008/6/6 Gordon <gbplinux at gmail.com>:

>  "Philip Wyett" <philip.wyett at gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:7e1f27480806061343k4d7371b0o313890e08e835b08 at mail.gmail.com...
>
>
> 2008/6/6 Gordon <gbplinux at gmail.com>:
>
>> Installed WUBI 8.04 on a Toshiba Satellite L40 that uses the Realtek 8187
>> WLan chip. I went to this site
>> http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/rtl8187b/<http://www.datanorth.net/%7Ecuervo/rtl8187b/>for the driver, followed the
>> instructions there but ran into a problem.
>> On issuing the ./makedrv command, this happened:
>> rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.mod.* *.ko *.o *~
>> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/build
>> M=/home/gordon/rtl8187b-modified/ieee80211 CC=gcc modules
>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
>> scripts/Makefile.build:46: *** CFLAGS was changed in
>> "/home/gordon/rtl8187b-modified/ieee80211/Makefile". Fix it to use
>> EXTRA_CFLAGS. Stop.
>> make[1]: *** [_module_/home/gordon/rtl8187b-modified/ieee80211] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
>> make: *** [modules] Error 2
>> rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko *~
>> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/build
>> M=/home/gordon/rtl8187b-modified/rtl8187 CC=gcc modules
>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
>> scripts/Makefile.build:46: *** CFLAGS was changed in
>> "/home/gordon/rtl8187b-modified/rtl8187/Makefile". Fix it to use
>> EXTRA_CFLAGS. Stop.
>> make[1]: *** [_module_/home/gordon/rtl8187b-modified/rtl8187] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
>> make: *** [modules] Error 2
>>
>> Then when trying the ./wlan0up command I got this:
>> ./wlan0up
>> insmod: can't read 'ieee80211_crypt-rtl.ko': No such file or directory
>> insmod: can't read 'ieee80211_crypt_wep-rtl.ko': No such file or directory
>> insmod: can't read 'ieee80211_crypt_tkip-rtl.ko': No such file or
>> directory
>> insmod: can't read 'ieee80211_crypt_ccmp-rtl.ko': No such file or
>> directory
>> insmod: can't read 'ieee80211-rtl.ko': No such file or directory
>> insmod: can't read 'r8187.ko': No such file or directory
>>
>>
>> Can anyone divine from all that what has gone wrong and whether it's a
>> problem caused by using WUBI instead of a proper install?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
> See 8187 section near bottom about blacklisted driver:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=684495
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>
>  ------------------------------
>
>
> I tried that - it said "fatal error, can't find module"
>
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There are running issue with the 8187 under hardy. Hardy should be regarded
as beta software as it was
released way before it should have been. Wait for 8.04.1 next month for a
more stable and usable system.
Most folks using 7.10 are using the 8187 with no real issues.

Many folks seem to be going the ndiswrapper route for the 8187:
http://ubuntu-utah.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=678094

You may wish to go this way for now.

Regards

Phil
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