encore Wireless ENLWI-G2

[Irco]

Hello...
I have openSuse 10.3 installed and I'm trying to get the Encore Wireless ENLWI-G2 card to work, this card has linux drivers from Encore here:
Encore Electronics, Inc.

but when I try to compile ( I have gcc and the source kernel installed) I get quite a few errors...along this lines

make[4]: *** [/home/marco/rtl8185_linux_26.1010.0531.2006/rtl818x-0.1/r8180_core                              .o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/home/marco/rtl8185_linux_26.1010.0531.2006/rtl818x-0.1] E                              rror 2
make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-23-obj/i386/default'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

and I don't know if it's better to just go straight to ndiswrapper or keep on trying with the linux drivers

here is the complete console log when I try to compile
Nopaste - Errors on compiling ENLWI-G2 under openSuse 10.3

Any advice will be really apreciated.
Thanks in advance.

[waterhead]

There are two more archived files in the main one. Did you unpack those too?

The INSTALL file in the rtl8181x-0.1 folder says to get the latest driver from sourceforge, that can be downloaded HERE

Maybe you should forget about all of that prepackaged stuff and just install the driver only.

[waterhead]

I tried to compile the driver from the link that I posted. I got almost the same errors.

/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.8-0.5/scripts/Makefile.build:17: /home/paul/rtl8180-0.21/Makefile: No such file or directory
make[4]: *** No rule to make target `/home/paul/rtl8180-0.21/Makefile'.  Stop.
make[3]: *** [_module_/home/paul/rtl8180-0.21] Error 2
make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.8-0.5-obj/i386/default'
make: *** [2.6] Error 2
paul@laptop:~/rtl8180-0.21>

Now, I don't actually have that wireless card. But I still should still be able to compile the driver. I guess that I can't be of much help.

[waterhead]

There is another (newer) ralink driver called rt2x00

To see if you can use it, enter this and post the results.

# lspci

Here is a list of supported chipsets'

Support for each Ralink wireless chipset has been split into separate drivers.

# rt2400pci
- chipset: rt2400
- supports: rt2460
- bus type: PCI/PCMCIA/miniPCI
# rt2500pci
- chipset: rt2500
- supports: rt2560
- bus type: PCI/PCMCIA/miniPCI
# rt2500usb
- chipset: rt2570
- supports: rt2570
- bus type: USB
# rt61pci
- chipset: rt61 (or rt2600)
- supports: rt2561, rt2561s, rt2661
- bus type: PCI/PCMCIA/miniPCI
# rt73usb
- chipset: rt73
- supports: rt2571(w), rt2573, rt2671
- bus type: USB

[Irco]

I tried the drivers from the first link you posted and I couldn't compile those either..so I'm gonna try your next suggestion right now, so I'll post right back
thanks btw

[Irco]

ok..this is what I get

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 0e)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GS] (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 20)
02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

[sgrajan]

I believe you are missing kernel source files in your system. Install them from your installation CD. Then you must be able to compile the driver files.

[Irco]

no, I had the kernel source installed