Mandrake 10 Howto
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This is a HOWTO for getting rt2400 working under Mandrake 10. It was contributed by Philippe Rousselot (amazilia) on the forums.
1.Get the source from http://rt2400.sourceforge.net/ http://ovh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/rt2400/rt2400-1.2.0.tar.gz (as of 20-08-04) expand in /usr/src # tar -xvzf rtxxx.tar.gz /usr/src/
2.Get the latest qt packages Here is what I have on my machine # rpm -qa | grep qt libqt3-3.2.3-19.2.100mdk qt3-common-3.2.3-19.2.100mdk qt3-example-3.2.3-19.2.100mdk libqt3-devel-3.2.3-19.2.100mdk
3.Make sure you have the source of your kernel in /usr/src/ # rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-2.6.3.7mdk-1-1mdk kernel-source-2.6.3-7mdk # ls -l /usr/src/ total 12 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 ao 18 17:13 linux -> linux-2.6.3-7mdk/ drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 ao 18 17:14 linux-2.6.3-7mdk/ drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 ao 18 18:34 RPM/ drwxr-xr-x 4 philippe philippe 4096 jun 23 04:45 rt2400-1.2.0/
4.Make sure you have the following link # ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/ total 796 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 ao 18 17:13 build -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.3-7mdk/
5.Compile the module # cd /usr/src/rt2400-1.2.0/Module/ #make ... #make install ...
6.Compile RaConfig # cd /usr/src/rt2400-1.2.0/Utility/ #./Configure ... #make ...
7.Start Ra0 Create and run the following script as root from anywhere. 07:29, 4 Dec 2004 (PST)07:29, 4 Dec 2004 (PST)07:29, 4 Dec 2004 (PST)07:29, 4 Dec 2004 (PST)07:29, 4 Dec 2004 (PST)serialmonkey #!/bin/sh #------------------------------------------------------------ # By eaglenest@users.sourceforge.net # July-August 2004, based on tips from the # rt2400 Linux Driver project help forum # (rt2400.sourceforge.net) - no copyright. # # This script brings up and connects an # rt2400 chipset based wireless network # card to a DHCP server. It is not validated # with regard to static IP addressing. #------------------------------------------------------------ ifconfig ra0 down # Install the module if not installed insmod /usr/src/rt2400-1.2.0/Module/rt2400.o ifconfig ra0 up # Set wireless parameters as needed iwconfig ra0 mode Managed iwconfig ra0 channel auto iwconfig ra0 rate auto #iwconfig ra0 nick nowhereman #iwconfig ra0 key restricted [1] XXXXXXXXXXXXX #iwconfig ra0 key [1] iwconfig ra0 key off # Note: scanning must start very soon after ifconfig iwconfig ra0 essid any # Connect to DHCP server (comment if not DHCP) dhclient ra0 # Settings for static IP (i.e. not DHCP) #ifconfig ra0 x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x broadcast x.x.x.x #ip route add default via 192.168.1.1 dev ra0 07:29, 4 Dec 2004 (PST)07:29, 4 Dec 2004 (PST)07:29, 4 Dec 2004 (PST)07:29, 4 Dec 2004 (PST)07:29, 4 Dec 2004 (PST)serialmonkey # ./script insmod: error inserting '/usr/src/rt2400-1.2.0/Module/rt2400.o': -1 File exists Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.1rc13 Copyright 1995-2002 Internet Software Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 Listening on LPF/ra0/00:08:a1:52:e6:27 Sending on LPF/ra0/00:08:a1:52:e6:27 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 DHCPOFFER from 192.168.254.254 DHCPREQUEST on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.254.254 bound to 192.168.254.5 -- renewal in 1054468517 seconds.
8.Run RaConfig [root@localhost Module]# /usr/src/rt2400-1.2.0/Utility/RaConfig& everything should work to make sure you really use ra0, stop any other network card with mcc for example. Pinging the router should work # ping 192.168.254.254 PING 192.168.254.254 (192.168.254.254) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.254.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=5.10 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.254.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=2.39 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.254.254: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=2.47 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.254.254: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=2.28 ms # ifconfig lo Lien encap:Boucle locale inet adr:127.0.0.1 Masque:255.0.0.0 adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hte UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:346 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:346 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 lg file transmission:0 RX bytes:53260 (52.0 Kb) TX bytes:53260 (52.0 Kb) ra0 Lien encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:52:E6:27 inet adr:192.168.254.7 Bcast:192.168.254.255 Masque:255.255.255.0 adr inet6: fe80::208:a1ff:fe52:e627/64 Scope:Lien UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:14871 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:506 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000 RX bytes:960974 (938.4 Kb) TX bytes:31800 (31.0 Kb) Interruption:10 Adresse de base:0xa000 [root@localhost Module]# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. sit0 no wireless extensions. ra0 RT2400PCI ESSID:"Wireless" Mode:Managed Channel:10 Access Point: 00:09:5B:2D:32:3E Bit Rate:11Mb/s RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Link Quality:69 Signal level:24 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
9.Automatic restart after reboot In your Module folder is the file ifcfg-ra0 copy this to /etc/sysconfig/network/ or wherever Mandrake installs its ifcfg-* files. # find / -name "ifcfg-ra0" /usr/src/rt2400-1.2.0/Module/ifcfg-ra0 # find / -name "ifcfg-*" /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 /etc/sysconfig/networking/ifcfg-lo # cp /usr/src/rt2400-1.2.0/Module/ifcfg-ra0 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ # more /usr/src/rt2400-1.2.0/Module/ifcfg-ra0 DEVICE=ra0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes
10.Add script to /etc/rc.d/rc.local to start ra0 at boot time add the previous script at the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local just before the following line touch /var/lock/subsys/local
11.Reboot! If it does not work as root rerun the script, but it works for me.