How do I install a Linux driver using Celena?

[civint]

what are the contents of the folder?
If it is a tar.gz file, then it may well be the source, in which cas unzip it and find the readme which will tell you what to do. If it is a normal folder (as in, one with files in it, and not archived-in a .zip or .tar.gz etc folder) then it would be helpful to know....

[GoustiFruit]

Hum, isn't this driver already installed in Mint ?

I have one desktop running Daryna (previously Celena and Cassandra) and my rt2500 pci card has always been working out of the box.
I also have one laptop running Cassandra and if I remember its wireless is based on the rt61 chipset, again fully working out of the box.

[civint]

to install that my guess would be to follow the instructions in the readme where it says

1> $tar -xvzf RT61_Linux_STA_Drv_x.x.x.x.tar.gz
go to "./RT61_Linux_STA_Drv_x.x.x.x/Module" directory.

2> $cp Makefile.4 ./Makefile # [kernel 2.4]
or
$cp Makefile.6 ./Makefile # [kernel 2.6]
or
$cp Makefile.RTL865x ./Makefile # big endian platform

3> [kernel 2.4]
$chmod 755 Configure
$make config # config build linux os version

4> $make all # compile driver source code

5> $cp rt2561.bin /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/ # copy firmware
$cp rt2561s.bin /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/
$cp rt2661.bin /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/

6> $dos2unix rt61sta.dat
$cp rt61sta.dat /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/rt61sta.dat
# !!!check if it is a binary file before loading !!!

7> $load
#[kernel 2.4]
# $/sbin/insmod rt61.o
# $/sbin/ifconfig ra0 inet YOUR_IP up

#[kernel 2.6]
# $/sbin/insmod rt61.ko
# $/sbin/ifconfig ra0 inet YOUR_IP up


Note: Script functionality:
load load module to kernel
unload unload module from kernel
Configure retrieve linux version

following the instructions for 2.6 kernel.
They are all terminal commands, so just right click in the folder, and go to 'open terminal' and follow it through.

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tar -xvzf RT61_Linux_STA_Drv_x.x.x.x.tar.gz

cp Makefile.6 ./Makefile # [kernel 2.6]

make all

load

/sbin/insmod rt61.ko

/sbin/ifconfig ra0 inet [YOUR_IP] up

that appeasrs to be what you ought to be typing in the terminal...I have to say, it's not a very clear readme file, so anyone with better tech knowhow ought to be able to tell you if I'm wrong

I hope this helps!

civ

[wubuntu]

Hi mschilling,

I've also got some troubles with my pci-card using the rt2561.

the newest modules in Ubuntu 7.10 and also in Mint Daryna (rt61pci) always break after 5-10 minutes.
It's been reported at launchpad.net.

I downloaded the current version of the rt61 from sourceforge.net and the way to install is very simple.

Just unpack the driver, going to to the directory "Module":
then:

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sudo make all

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sudo make install

It is easier to install than the old versions which I have to install on further versions of Ubuntu

Then You have to unload the rt61pci and blacklist it.

after that you must load the new version by typing:

sudo modprobe rt61

That's all - it works for me very well and also stable.


hope i could help you.


greez