My Wi-Fi on Linux - The Empire Strikes Back
Thursday, 17. July 2008, 17:24:39
Guess what? The legacy x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-96.43.05 fails to compile on 2.6.26.
Let me try the version that I have on my laptop, which is 169.12... Huh? It fails to compile too.
Maybe I have better luck with the latest stable version on gentoo, 173.14.09. You should remember that 173.14.09 was completely messed up on my laptop, but maybe I have a better luck on my desktop.
Hum... 173.14.09 compiles fine. Let me reboot with the new kernel and try it. No, wait! *Almost* forgot to update /boot/grub/grub.conf (menu.lst on some systems; on mine, one is a symlink to the other). How many of you have rebooted a system but forgot to update the boot manager?
Rebooting... It boots! Let me try X.org and this nvidia driver... Good, it appears to work, at least for now. I need to keep an eye on it. We never know when it will crash.
And... does the Wi-Fi card work as I want it?
Answer: I don't know yet!
I can confirm that I can put the card on ad-hoc mode, and that wpa_supplicant tools on my notebook can detect a new wi-fi network that uses IBSS. This is much better than my previous try. I can finally feel that things might start working!
However, I could not associate with that network yet, and I'm not sure why. Since I am in a hurry, I can't investigate it yet.
Will it work for real? Will it work in ad-hoc mode? Will it work in the very experimental master mode? Don't miss the answer to these questions, and also the answer to life, the universe, and everything in my next blog posts!
Let me try the version that I have on my laptop, which is 169.12... Huh? It fails to compile too.
Maybe I have better luck with the latest stable version on gentoo, 173.14.09. You should remember that 173.14.09 was completely messed up on my laptop, but maybe I have a better luck on my desktop.
Hum... 173.14.09 compiles fine. Let me reboot with the new kernel and try it. No, wait! *Almost* forgot to update /boot/grub/grub.conf (menu.lst on some systems; on mine, one is a symlink to the other). How many of you have rebooted a system but forgot to update the boot manager?
Rebooting... It boots! Let me try X.org and this nvidia driver... Good, it appears to work, at least for now. I need to keep an eye on it. We never know when it will crash.
And... does the Wi-Fi card work as I want it?
Answer: I don't know yet!
I can confirm that I can put the card on ad-hoc mode, and that wpa_supplicant tools on my notebook can detect a new wi-fi network that uses IBSS. This is much better than my previous try. I can finally feel that things might start working!
However, I could not associate with that network yet, and I'm not sure why. Since I am in a hurry, I can't investigate it yet.
Will it work for real? Will it work in ad-hoc mode? Will it work in the very experimental master mode? Don't miss the answer to these questions, and also the answer to life, the universe, and everything in my next blog posts!
WIDGETIZE
qlue # 19. July 2008, 16:02
CrazyTerabyte # 19. July 2008, 16:27