[Angstrom-distro-users] Will someone help me, please?

[Justin Patrin]

On 5/22/07, Walt S <walts at gate.net> wrote:
> I'm totally lost with Angstrom.
> I have been using various Zaurus configurations with a variety or ROMs for
> several years, but I am completely lost here.
> I have read the WIKI.
> I have installed the Akita
> (Angstrom-x11-image-test-20070507-akita.rootfs.summary.jffs2)
> distribution on my C1000, and the first thing I need to get going is
> Wireless networking.
>
> Quoting from the manual:
>
> "The best wifi devices for linux are based on the prism2 or prism2.5
> chipsets, because they can be controlled using the hostap drivers, which
> allows the use of WEP and WPA encryption. Other chipsets such as Spectrum24
> in the Socket/Symbol CF wifi cards can only do WEP."
>
> - I have a WCF11 that uses Prism2 chipset.  I have configured it for my
> network using the Network Configuration applet.
>
>
>
>
> Again from the manual:
>
> "The base install of Ångström for Zaurus/Spitzdid not include
> wireless-tools, so if you cannot use the iwconfig or iwspy commands, be sure
> to install the wireless-tools package!"
>
> - It took a while but I finally found the if... tools in /sbin, but when I
> try to start the interface with /sbin/ifup wlan0 ti tells me "No such
> device", even though it is clearly there in ht Network Configuration GUI.  I
> don't know what to do next.
>
> - I looked on the Feed Browser, but cannot find .ipkg files to download onto
> a sd card to install them that way.  I don't have a "big" Linux PC on which
> to compile, and would not know how to make an .ipkg anyway.
>
>
>
>
> Please, someone help me get the WI-FI card working - after that I can find
> and install the packages I need.
>

The wireless-tools ipk should be in the feeds.

-- 
Justin Patrin