[SOLVED] Help installing drivers from source (RTL8187L)
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 9:45 pm
Hi,
Recently I posted here about my difficulties with the stock rtl8187 module. It turns out that many Linux users have the same problems. And for many of them, the fix was to install drivers downloaded from Realtek.
My AWUS036H USB card is supposed to have an RTL8187L chip, so I downloaded that package and installed it. Then I marked the thread solved. It turned out that was a bit premature, because after a decent couple of hours, my problems started cropping up again. I think that somehow I didn't really install the drivers.
The output of the 'make' process seems to report that an rtl8187l.ko file was built. But I've searched my entire filesystem, and there's no such file there. I've also checked the only rtl8187.ko file extant under /lib/modules. Its datestamp is from last week, I think from the day I built my custom kernel and modules. In any case, that date is well before my last attempt to install the Realtek drivers, today.
Here's a transcript of my most recent terminal session, with output from 'make clean', 'make', and 'make install'. I hope you can help.
Recently I posted here about my difficulties with the stock rtl8187 module. It turns out that many Linux users have the same problems. And for many of them, the fix was to install drivers downloaded from Realtek.
My AWUS036H USB card is supposed to have an RTL8187L chip, so I downloaded that package and installed it. Then I marked the thread solved. It turned out that was a bit premature, because after a decent couple of hours, my problems started cropping up again. I think that somehow I didn't really install the drivers.
The output of the 'make' process seems to report that an rtl8187l.ko file was built. But I've searched my entire filesystem, and there's no such file there. I've also checked the only rtl8187.ko file extant under /lib/modules. Its datestamp is from last week, I think from the day I built my custom kernel and modules. In any case, that date is well before my last attempt to install the Realtek drivers, today.
Here's a transcript of my most recent terminal session, with output from 'make clean', 'make', and 'make install'. I hope you can help.
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mint rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012 # make clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187'
rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko *~
rm -fr .tmp_versions
rm -fr Module.symvers
rm -fr modules.order
rm -fr Module.markers
rm -rf tags
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187'
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/ieee80211'
rm -f *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko *~
rm -rf /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/ieee80211/tmp
rm -fr Module.symvers
rm -fr modules.order
rm -fr Module.markers
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/ieee80211'
mint rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012 # make
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-source-3.2'
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8187_core.o
/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8187_core.c: In function ‘rtl8180_tx’:
/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8187_core.c:1382:12: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast]
/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8187_core.c: In function ‘rtl8187_usb_initendpoints’:
/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8187_core.c:1588:14: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast]
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8180_93cx6.o
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8180_wx.o
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8180_rtl8225.o
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8180_rtl8225z2.o
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8187_led.o
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8180_pm.o
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8180_dm.o
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.o
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.o
/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c: In function ‘ieee80211_network_init’:
/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c:1046:4: warning: format ‘%d’ expects argument of type ‘int’, but argument 4 has type ‘long unsigned int’ [-Wformat]
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.o
/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c: In function ‘ieee80211_xmit’:
/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c:426:28: warning: assignment makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.o
/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.c: In function ‘ieee80211_wx_set_gen_ie’:
/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.c:887:2: warning: format ‘%d’ expects argument of type ‘int’, but argument 2 has type ‘size_t’ [-Wformat]
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_module.o
/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c: In function ‘store_debug_level’:
/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c:271:22: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast [enabled by default]
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac_wx.o
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.o
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_tkip.o
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.o
CC [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/../ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_wep.o
LD [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8187l.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8187l.mod.o
LD [M] /usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187/r8187l.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-3.2'
mint rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012 # make install
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187/rtl8187.ko: kernel/drivers/usb/core/usbcore.ko kernel/drivers/usb/usb-common.ko kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko kernel/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93cx6.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187/rtl8187.ko: kernel/drivers/usb/core/usbcore.ko kernel/drivers/usb/usb-common.ko kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko kernel/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93cx6.ko
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187'
make -C /lib/modules/3.2.9/build M=/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187 CC=gcc modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-source-3.2'
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-3.2'
find /lib/modules/3.2.9 -name "r8187.ko" -exec ls -l {} \;
find /lib/modules/3.2.9 -name "r8187.ko" -exec rm {} \;
install -p -m 644 r8187l.ko /lib/modules/3.2.9/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
depmod -a
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-3.2/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012/rtl8187'