How to install D-link DFE-680TXD PCMCIA drivers? (Solved)

[llol_slim]

after the success of managing to install Puppy (thank you!)
I am trying to get it to recognise my DFE-680TXD card, on my laptop
(spec 800mhz, 10gb hdd, 128mb ram cd-rom - previously win me but reformatted prior to installing puppy)

I have the linux, win 98, me xp drivers for it, but cant work out how to get it to work. (i cant find where I downloaded it from, but I can upload if it helps)

It gives instructions for getting it to run under linux

The PCMCIA Card Services package for our PCMCIA/CardBus LAN cards is
available at <http://download.sourceforge.net/pcmcia- ... .xx.tar.gz>.
1. Download the "pcmcia-cs-3.1.xx.tar.gz" into the
"/usr/src" directory.
PS: xx is the latest version of the package

2. Run the following commands:

#cd /usr/src
#tar zxvf pcmcia-cs-3.1.xx.tar.gz
#cd pcmcia-cs-3.1.xx
#./Configure or make config
#make all
#make install

EDIT : I found the download so have changed my thread
I get to the command ./Configure and the console says
""Ack! This system does not have a make command! Install a normal set of Linux development tools and try again""

so um ... any ideas?!

[llol_slim]

so i've dug around a little and found the thread http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=8871
downloaded devx_301 (as i am using puppy 3.01) then went through the suggested commands

# mkdir /mnt/devx
# mount -o loop /devx_201.sfs [devx_301.sfs for me] /mnt/devx
# cp -a /mnt/devx/* /
# umount /mnt/devx

but at the mount command I get the error # mount: mounting dev/loop0 on /mnt/devx failed

So, again (!) i'm not sure what to do

[Béèm]

You didn't mention it was a nic card.
Did you try the Network Wizard?
If your card isn't recognized, try to load the pcmcia nic drivers one by one. Maybe one gives some support for your card.
If that doesn't work, try with ndiswrapper, but the windows driver should be copied first on your Puppy PC.

[llol_slim]

ok thanks. sorry didn't know about NIC

I have got a little futher, by using the guide here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=22701 to use the make command
I now need to know the linux kernel source directory to get futher.

[Béèm]

A PCCARD can be of any type, so it's better to specify what your hardware is expected to do.

If you the route with compiling a driver, I wish you luck, I can't help.
I am afraid it is a long process.

I still think before going that route, try my suggestion first, you might be lucky.

[llol_slim]

ok I will try the drivers and see if something works.

I'm sorry i didn't give enough info, I assumed the title was enough.

Thanks, compiling my driver will be my last route then!
Much appreciated

[Béèm]

Success and do come back if the ndiswrapper or so don't work.
Please specify the exact steps you took and where it did go wrong.

[llol_slim]

Success and do come back if the ndiswrapper or so don't work.
Please specify the exact steps you took and where it did go wrong.

unfortunately, neither worked.

using the puppy network wizard, i selected "Load Module" and tried every ethernet pcmcia module, each of which loaded, but "no new interfaces were detected" so chose "unload" and moved onto the next module until none were left untested.

I tried the ndiswrapper with the driver that I downloaded. "dfe680.inf" the following meesage comes up

dfe680: driver installed
device (13D:AB02) present
oemsetnt : invalid driver!

I press ok and the "No new interfaces were discovered" comes up again.

I got a bit futher with compiling my own driver, and would be happy to do so, but I'm missing the linux kernel and havnt yet found out how to have the complete kernel.

Thanks again

[Béèm]

Oh, bad luck then.

I know there is a link somewhere where the kernel source is available, but as this goes beyond my skill, I didn't pay attention.

Hope someone comes along to reference that link and gives a tip how to compile this whole thing.

[llol_slim]

Oh, bad luck then.

I know there is a link somewhere where the kernel source is available, but as this goes beyond my skill, I didn't pay attention.

Hope someone comes along to reference that link and gives a tip how to compile this whole thing.

well thank you SO much for all your help so far.

I am learning and enjoying finding out about compiling my own, so I'm not too fussed! It's only half the story I'm sure as my next task is to try and get wireles working (!!) but I hope to be able to just buy a wifi card that works "out of the box"

[tempestuous]

I think you are getting way too complex.
Puppy already contains the pcmcia-cs drivers. These support your PCMCIA/Cardbus interface, but NOT the PCMCIA device itself.
Just run the Network Wizard and see if Puppy automatically detects the correct network module for your DFE-680TXD.
If not, try to load a module manually. I think the correct module for your DFE-680TXD will be "tulip".

If still no success, then you can start digging deeper into possible problems with the PCMCIA interface.
First check if the PCMCIA system recognises your device with these 2 commands -

Code: Select all

cardctl status
cardctl ident

If you can't see the card listed, try resetting the PCMCIA interface, as explained here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 1707#31707

[llol_slim]

I think you are getting way too complex.
Puppy already contains the pcmcia-cs drivers. These support your PCMCIA/Cardbus interface, but NOT the PCMCIA device itself.
Just run the Network Wizard and see if Puppy automatically detects the correct network module for your DFE-680TXD.
If not, try to load a module manually. I think the correct module for your DFE-680TXD will be "tulip".

If still no success, then you can start digging deeper into possible problems with the PCMCIA interface.
First check if the PCMCIA system recognises your device with these 2 commands -

Code: Select all

cardctl status
cardctl ident

If you can't see the card listed, try resetting the PCMCIA interface, as explained here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 1707#31707

wow. All that was needed I dont know how come I didn't try that module, i thought I had tried them all. Thank you!

I think the reason I was delving so deep is because I was following instructions from the driver download. Not needed!!
Thank you so much i am now online

[Béèm]

Good you got it finally.