IBlitzz BWU613B with RedHat9 (was Re: RE: Atmel-wlan-usb Digest, Vol 7)

Hi,

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Paul Harmor wrote:

> Maybe you could help me out.  I have very little experience with Linux, but
> am learning fast.  Have an HP Pav notebook, P-C 2.4Ghz, 512 DDRAM, Via Rev 5
> USB 2.0 controller, and the same IBlitzz BWU613B you mentioned.  I have
> tried nearly everything I can think of (which probably isn't much), and
> still get nothing on Redhat 9 with all the updates.  Sys logs show that no
> driver has claimed the device, upon connecting it.

AFAIK RedHat9 does not support IBlitzz without adding a self-compiled
driver. Choose which one to try: Sourceforge
(http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/) or Berlios
(http://at76c503a.berlios.de). Use the cvs versions in both
cases. For Sourceforge, you must add your USB ids in
src/includes/usb/config.h in the  R505_2958_DEVICES macro.

In both cases you must manually remove the old drivers (AFAIR RedHat9
installed them in a different place):

	find /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ -name "usbvnet*"
will show them.
Install the new driver afterwards.

In case of any problems, describe the steps you've taken and some excerpt
from your syslog, if needed.

/Jörg

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