[Savannah-hackers] Latest orinoco diff 0.13e fails under suse 9.1 no-more (mini-HOWTO)

[George Reynolds]

I thought this might help someone, if you think it is good enough, you are 
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I am not sure if it is possible to patch > 0.13e with suse 9.1.
I know 0.15RC2 does NOT work at all.

Here is a quick, nearly idiot-proof guide to getting 0.13e working
(this is using the 2.6.5-7-108-default kernel from suse)
Sometimes I have just listed the command, but please look it up if you dont 
understand what it is.

1)make sure your suse 9.1 kernel sources are installed
NOTE: run YAST2 online update and find the kernel source in the updates, and 
tick  the source box

1b)cardctl eject

1c)rmmod orinoco_cs orinoco

2)backup /usr/src/drivers/net/wireless
e.g. 
cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/wireless 
mkdir /susebackup
cp -r .* * /susebackup

3)cd /usr/src/drivers/net/wireless/
(if not done already)

4)cp /path_to/orinoco.c .
NOTE dont forget the .
NOTE orinoco.c from the orinoco-0.13e.tar.gz from 
http://ozlabs.org/people/dgibson/dldwd OR
http://airsnort.shmoo.com/orinocoinfo.html - I dont know the difference)
NOTE that if you try and copy any other files across, it will NOT make 
successfuly


5)patch -R -p1 < /path_to/orinoco-0.13e-rfmon-dragorn3.diff
NOTE patch from http://www.kismetwireless.net/download.html
NOTE when it says "...ignore -R? [n]" type y)
NOTE this should patch the other files

6)cd /usr/src/linux

7)make modules

8)make modules install

then to check it works...

9)download and make and configure kismet
NOTE: that is outside the scope of this mini-HOWTO

10)You may have to edit /etc/pcmcia/config and comment out the following 
entries (i.e. place a # symbol in front of them):

device "orinoco_cs" 
(and the two lines underneath)

device "wavelan_cs" 
(and the line underneath)

device "wvlan_cs" 
(and the line underneath)

11)Check you have the card setup in Yast under Network Devices->Network card

12)modprobe orinoco

13) iwpriv eth1 monitor 2 4
NOTE replace eth1 with your wireless device

13)run kismet

You should have no problems with BAP messages or slowdowns now.