[TriLUG] Please help with source code extraction or location...

[David A. Cafaro]

As far as the netgear card, you don't have to compile in a new driver
there are two drivers standard in linux that will drive that card.  You
can use the wlan_cs driver or the orinoco driver to use the card.  I
found that the orinoco driver works best with the Netgear card.  To use
the card you just need to edit a file in the /etc/pcmcia directory
called config.  Take a look at this thread for more clues:

http://www.trilug.org/mailman/htdig/trilug/Week-of-Mon-20020819/009829.html

Of course this won't answer your compiling and source questions, but may
help the root problem.


On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 22:09, Dr. David Johnson wrote:
> Hi gang, this is David Johnson, a long-time Linux fan and dabbler,
> I'm nowhere near an expert but have been playing with Slackware
> and RedHat for several years. Lately I've been working with Mandrake
> 9.1 and want to get a Netgear MA401 wireless NIC playing on my
> Toshiba 325CDS laptop. Netgear provided driver for Redhat 7.3 and
> I hope this works for Mandrake. Seems like a lot of steps. First
> I found I needed source code for the kernel on my machine.
> Hey no problem I used the Mandrake RPM manager to install the
> kernel sources, and confirmed the path so I could specify this
> correctly in the the make config for the wireless card driver.
> But I found it also needed the sources for the pcmcia drivers.
> I did already install this package from the RPM manager, but I
> don't think (or don't know) this also gave me the sources.
> 
> I think my question is this (oops many questions):
> 
> How can I get the sources out of the RPM file?
> Is it possible to extract the sources from any RPM file?
> 
> How can I be sure to know the path of the sources when I do
> extract them to my system?
> 
> Ahhh, seems I am so close, I really want to try this driver!
> 
> Don't get mad at me, I do use Winblows since I get paid to
> support that stuff (euphemism) but I love playing with, and
> learning, Linux. Please help! Maybe I need a different NIC
> but I am determined to try everything that's available to get
> this Netgear card going if at all possible! (Would be a shame
> if it could only be used with Win system!)
> 
> I'm looking forward to the TriLUG meeting this month, my first
> time to join you at the meetings! Had the pleasure to meet some
> of you at the Durhamfest.
> 
> Well, no doubt I could give a lot more tech details on my
> Qs above, but if you need it to provide a specific answer please
> let me know what details you need.
> 
> I like Mandrake as a general distro, but am also playing with
> minimal distros for older systems, and networking boot disks
> like Barts Boot Floppy and Freesco. Those things ROCK.
> 
> Are there others interested in using older machines to make
> things happen in a dedicated and efficient way, when there is
> no requirement for the cutting edge?
> 
> I'm a ham radio operator and interested in TCP/IP over radio.
> Anyone else into that?
> 
> Oh I've got a Samba question... I will send separate message
> on that, since I've already started a tome...
> 
> THANKS gang,
> 
> David
> ARS WA4NID
> 
> 
> 
> 
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