[SIO-SWAP] new installation problems

[Geoff Davis]

Jim,

I have the kernel uploaded to my personal server on shore. It's just a 
.deb package that you should be able to install on the SWAP box. I 
really, really hope it has the hostap drivers in there, otherwise I'll 
have to root around a bit more on the disk of this laptop to find the 
drivers themselves.

http://www.geoffdavis.com/SWAP/kernel-image-2.4.24-swap_rev.01_i386.deb

To install on the SWAP box:

scp or whatever

remountrw

dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.24-swap_rev.01_i386.deb

remountro

reboot

Then party hard. Hopefully. Let me know if that works for you. If not, 
I know I have the hostap drivers compiled on here somewhere.

On Mar 19, 2004, at 1:59 PM, jim akens wrote:

> Hello Geoff
>
> I guess I will have to wait for you to make a new distro.
>
> I found sources for hostap, which includes prism2_srec, but didn't get 
> too
> far there, since I only have redhat systems.  I had no trouble 
> compiling
> it, but ti wouldn't run, compaining about GCC version problems.  I
> narrowed it dot to Redhat 7.2.  It compile and ran, but then gave the 
> same
> error about needing a version compiled with PRISM2_DOWNLOAD_SUPPORT
> needed.  I had modified hostap_config.h.
>
> With the windows version, I started by trying to flash to 1.8.0.  When
> that didn't work I dropped back to 1.5.6, which is what Val had 
> suggested.
> But that gave identical results.
>
> Today I received 2 more radio cards, but they have the same firmware, 
> so
> no luck there.  I've tried everything I can think of to no avail, so I
> think I will step back for a bit and wait for an new distro.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim Akens
>
>
>
> On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Geoff Davis wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>>
>> Apologies in the delay, bad heading for our SeaTel sat connection. I'm
>> currently at sea on the Revelle in the Gulf of California, and the
>> Satellite dish doesn't like our Southwesterly heading.
>>
>> The problem is not the version of prism2_srec, it's the kernel image
>> (or really the hostap modules for the kernel). I thought that we had
>> pushed out the new kernel image to all of the systems, but apparently
>> not.
>>
>> Regarding the windows flash program, I think it was having problems
>> flashing versions of the firmware above 1.5.6. Give the 1.5.6 image a
>> shot and see if it will let you do that. I will tar up my updated
>> kernel and hostap driver files and put them somewhere on shore for you
>> in the meantime, since I compiled it on my laptop.
>>
>> --geoff
>>
>> On Mar 19, 2004, at 9:17 AM, jim akens wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hello Val
>>>
>>> I have struck out on updating the prism cards.
>>>
>>> The version of prism2_srec supplied with pebble does not support
>>> downloading, even in the non-volatile mode (-r).
>>>
>>> The windows version will not work for me.  It is probably my windows
>>> karma.  Bill knows I hate him.
>>>
>>> One windows laptop would not recognise either card (XP on a sony)
>>>
>>> The second windows machine would recognise the cards occasionally.
>>> When
>>> it di it would start the process, but complain: error loading block,
>>> and
>>> fail (XP on a Dell).
>>>
>>> So I am stuck.
>>>
>>> I am trying to find the sources for prism2_srec so I can attempt a
>>> recompile, but so far I haven't figured out what package may include
>>> this.
>>> If anybody knows I would appreciate it.
>>>
>>> The method using linux would appear to be a lot cleaner, since it can
>>> be
>>> done insitu, so I think the swap distribution should try to include a
>>> useable version of prism2_srec.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> akens
>>>
>>>
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>> Geoff Davis
>> Shipboard Computer Group, STS
>> Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
>> phone: (858)534-6054, email: davis@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
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Geoff Davis
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
phone: (858)534-6054, email: davis@sdsioa.ucsd.edu