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[ts-7000] Re: RTL8187 in Busybox

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: RTL8187 in Busybox
From: "nxtcomputing" <>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:23:51 -0000
I have checked and the files are copying correctly to that directory /usr/bin.

I have also tried to copy them to /sbin or /bin and that yields the same file 
not found...



--- In  Mike Ingle <> wrote:
>
> Normal copying to the busybox is not persistent.  You are really copying to a 
> ramdisk.  Search this group or read your manual if that is the problem.  
> There is a way to update the image that busy box uses to contain your 
> changes.  Go to /usr/bin.  Are your files there?  If they are and you still 
> get file not found then your path doesn't include /usr/bin.
> 
> Mike
> On Feb 19, 2010, at 7:38 AM, nxtcomputing wrote:
> 
> > I still can't get the iwconfig or other wireless tools to work.
> > I must be doing something wrong or I am going about it the wrong way.
> > 
> > I tried to copy iwconfig, iwevent, iwgetid, iwlist, iwpriv, iwspy to 
> > /usr/bin.
> > 
> > I then try to run the command and i get "/bin/sh: iwconfig: not found"
> > Do i need to somehow need to link this command to busybox in someway?
> > 
> > Are there any other ideas? I would like to get the wireless tools to work 
> > within TS-linux (busybox).
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > Rob
> > 
> > --- In  "Gonzalo A. de la Vega" <gadelavega@> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:28 PM, nxtcomputing <rwright@> wrote:
> > > 
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Gonzalo,
> > > >
> > > > Sure enough you were right... I was missing the cfg80211.ko dependency.
> > > > Thanks your your help.
> > > >
> > > > Now the next question... How can I get the wireless tools working.. i.e.
> > > > iwconfig?
> > > >
> > > > When I did it, I just downloaded iwtools from TS ftp and just copied to
> > > /usr/bin/
> > > 
> > > Gonzalo
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > -Rob
> > > >
> > > > --- In  <ts-7000%40yahoogroups.com>, "Gonzalo A. 
> > > > de
> > > > la Vega" <gadelavega@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 2010/2/15 nxtcomputing <rwright@>:
> > > >
> > > > > > Does anyone know how to get USB wireless device working in the 
> > > > > > busybox
> > > > environment? I have a TS-7500 and a usb wireless adapter that uses the
> > > > realtek rtl8187 chipset.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The device works just fine when I boot into the debian environment 
> > > > > > on
> > > > the micro-SD card. I would like to get the same adapter working without
> > > > loading the full debian distribution.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In debian I found out the following:
> > > > > > lsmod shows: rtl8187, mac80211, cfg80211, eeprom_93cx6, usb_storage,
> > > > ehci_hdc, usbcore, sd_mod, scsi_mod
> > > > > >
> > > > > > modinfo rtl8187 shows: filename: /lib/modules/
> > > > 2.6.24.4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187.ko
> > > > > > depends: mac80211,eeprom_93cx6,usbcore
> > > > >
> > > > > I think mac80211 depends on cfg80211.
> > > > >
> > > > > > In busybox, I was hoping I could use:
> > > > > > navigate to files... cd /mnt/root/lib/.../wireless/
> > > > > > insmod rtl8187.ko
> > > > > >
> > > > > > and also load any other dependants... but this does not work.. i get
> > > > the error: insmod: can't insert 'rtl8187.ko': unknown symbol in module 
> > > > or
> > > > invalid parameter
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any suggestions?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Check the dependencies of the dependencies.
> > > > > BTW, are you loading the dependencies first? insmod does not do that
> > > > > automatically like modprode does.
> > > > >
> > > > > Gonzalo
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > >
> > >
> > 
> >
>




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