Problems loading driver for external antenna

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Sun Dec 19 17:40:44 UTC 2010


On 12/19/2010 12:21 AM, Nils Kassube wrote:
...
> Probably lots of error messages in the first step already. The driver
> seems to be for ancient Linux distributions. The readme file is from
> 2006 and after that date there have been many changes to the wifi
> infrastructure in the kernel. The chances are very slim that such an old
> driver might compile with a current kernel.
> 
> However, not all is lost. At least in the kernel for Ubuntu 10.04 there
> is a module rtl8187 included. While John didn't write which Ubuntu
> version he uses, I assume that being new to Ubuntu, he downloaded the
> current version 10.10, which should include the module as well.

Looks like it is:
<http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=maverick&arch=any&mode=filename&searchon=contents&keywords=rtl8187.ko>

You have searched for filenames that contain rtl8187.ko in suite
maverick, all sections, and all architectures. Found 3 results.
File 	Packages
/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic-pae/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187.ko
	linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic-pae [not amd64]
/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187.ko
	linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic
/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-server/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187.ko
	linux-image-2.6.35-22-server [not i386]





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