What an adventure

[curiousgirl]

I wanted to get my usb ethernet device to work. I had been having a lot of bad luck with ethernet devices. First my internal network card died. So I got a Belkin ethernet to USB adaptor. The Belkin did not work with the drivers it came with or with drivers off the internet in Linux or windows, I came to the conclusion it too was a dud.

Anyway, today my new usb-ethernet device arrived. Plugged it in, "maybe it will "just work"" I thought - haha, and deprive me of all the fun? No way!

So I get the disk out of the packaging, tiny little half cd thing. My laptop does not even read it. Use my desktop to get the drivers off it (folder called linux, that'll probably be the one right). Get the drivers, put them in a folder with the kernel source code, cd to that directory, su, make.
Fails...
Look up the errors, ok, seems like its expecting things to be in the kernel that are no longer there in the newer versions.

Try a different tack, someone on msn suggests I follow the instructions on this website Sunrising USB Ethernet adapter driver Bridging the gap between CCIE RS and SP

No luck, same errors, still expecting net_device when the most recent version uses net_drivers_ops.

What to do, what to do... then someone on msn told me they had the .ko module for the drivers, they could send it to me. "But" I protested "it won't recognise the device will it, unless we change it like in that post"...
...
...then it hit me... wait, if he has it as a module... then it's in the kernel source! The version in the kernel source by definition must work with the current kernel!! I look for the .c file, there it is, sure as the day is long. I move it to the folder with my makefile and my slightly modified .h and all the rest. Make.
WOO! I have a .ko.

So I try make install. Nada, doesn't want to. I look at the makefile and run the install commands myself. That works. Modprobe. That works, I'm getting excited... lsusb, still doesn't show up as what it is... feel slightly frustrated, ifconfig OH THERE IT IS...

Long story short. My laptop has internet. I am happy. Yay!

[alf55]

If you would have known the command:

lsusb   -v

It would report the important stuff on the USB devices. You could then use that information to see which driver is needed.

Glad to hear you have gotten your device working.

[curiousgirl]

If you would have known the command:

lsusb   -v

It would report the important stuff on the USB devices. You could then use that information to see which driver is needed.

Glad to hear you have gotten your device working.

I knew which drivers, just not where to find a new version. Although in the end that turned out to be pretty obvious eh...

[Bemk]

I knew which drivers, just not where to find a new version. Although in the end that turned out to be pretty obvious eh...

Most of the time things are pretty obvious. It kills me sometimes, but it's also part of the fun in Linux.

[TaZMAniac]

You got to learn some more about Linux and probably had fun doing it.
If anything, you got to use your brain instead of click, click, click.


Try compiling and configuring a driver customized to your pc and device in Windowz!
Oh! That's right! They don't release the source code!


Good to hear you got it configured.

[curiousgirl]

You got to learn some more about Linux and probably had fun doing it.
If anything, you got to use your brain instead of click, click, click.


Try compiling and configuring a driver customized to your pc and device in Windowz!
Oh! That's right! They don't release the source code!


Good to hear you got it configured.

I did have fun. Especially when I succeeded. I am beginning to believe Linux is just like a really cool videogame where you can do ANYTHING!

[MikeTbob]

I am beginning to believe Linux is just like a really cool videogame!

Notable analogy! So far, a non ending ever evolving video game, I like it!