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Hi folks, I'm new to slitaz but not to linux you can say that I'm a semi-newbie
yesterday I installed Slitaz 3.0 but since it uses kernel version 2.6.30.6, my wireless adapter is not supported, the driver is called ath9k_htc .
I compiled ath9k_htc before on puppy linux and worked with full performance, but I didn't like puppy so I installed slitaz instead, I really like it so I tried to install my wireless driver, here is what I did :
I downloaded compat-wireless-2012-02-06.tar.bz2
I downloaded the non-free firmware htc_9271.fw to /lib/firmware
I installed bash-4.0.tazpkg / gcc-4.4.1.tazpkg / make-3.81.tazpkg / perl-5.10.0.tazpkg / linux-headers-2.6.30.6.tazpkg / linux-source-2.6.30.6.tazpkg as root usind [ tazpkg install ******.tazpkg ]
I untared the compat-wireless and cd to the the folder then I taped [ ./scripts/driver-select ath9k_htc ] everything was fine so far but when I typed [ make ] I got this error :
Make [1] *** no rule to make target <<modules>>. stop
NB: I got the same error when I tried to compile the driver on puppy but I resolved it by installing the patched kernel source.
do I miss anything here ?
I attached a screenshot, the error is in french but I translated it above .
thanks !
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The Linux-source package needs to download the linux source from the internet. It's pretty much just a downloader script. You may have to download the right source archive from linux.org yourself.
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@Trixar_za
Thanks for your replay, I'll try later, the website is down right now .
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I'm back, after a short googling I found that linux.org is down since last November due to security reasons! but kernel.org rocks, I found the sources on ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ .
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.30.6.tar.bz2 : 58 MB
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.30.6.tar.gz : 74 MB
So what's the next step ? untar one of them to /usr/src/ ?.
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I think it needs to be extracted to /lib/modules/2.6.30.6-slitaz/ - this is by memory, so I may be mistaken.
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I tried every single solution, the only way is to connect the laptop to internet and get the required packages, I didn't try ndiswraper !
anyway I installed Slitaz Cooking, it uses kernel 2.6.37 wich means my wireless should work cuz ath9k_htc is supported on kernel 2.6.35 and above, the module is loaded at start up but when I type iwconfig , my wireless does not appear , meaning that the non-free atheros firmware htc_9271.fw should be placed in /lib/firmware , that's what I did but still does not work , WTF ? I figured out that Slitaz does not support this firmware " is this a bug ? " so I tried the old atheros firmware ar9271.fw and the wireless is alive !
summary : dudes ! if you have an atheros wireless adapter that does not work on slitaz even if the module is loaded, get away from new firmwares !! use the old ones !
now the wireless is working but since there is nothing perfect, my touchpad does not work with tap-to-click on cooking ! what should I do folks ?
Thanks
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Try installing the package named xorg-xf86-input-synaptics and see if that helps.
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Yes Trixar I know synaptics but i doesn't work with some laptops , I'll try it and see what happens .
Thanks !
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Well ! It does work ! the cursor is a little bit slow but it doesn't matter, tap-to-click works !
for anyone else having the same issue, all I did was tazpkg get-install xorg-xf86-input-synaptics-1.3.0.tazpkg , after the install you have to restart X . that's is no more configurations !
Thanks Trixar for your time !
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