Guide: Installing Ubuntu Linux 10.04LTS on eBox 33xxMX &

[jacob offline]

Hi Pedro,

I have:
- DMP - eBox 3310MX-AP Mini PC (Auto Power On, SATA, 3x RS232)"
- DMP - USB WiFi Module (internal) for Ebox 3300MX/3310MX

I have successfully:
- installed ubuntu 10.04
- upgraded to the vortex kernel 2.6.34.10.
- downloaded the drivers for the WiFi module as indicated.

Then things go wrong. The instructions state to run make.
Executing make as run ends with an error:

jacob@jubox:~/ebox/rtl8188$ uname -a
Linux jubox 2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg #3 Tue Jul 12 02:05:36 CST 2011 i586 GNU/Linux
root@jubox:/home/jacob/ebox#
jacob@jubox:~/ebox/rtl8188$ sudo su
[sudo] password for jacob:
root@jubox:/home/jacob/ebox/rtl8188# make
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [all] Error 2
root@jubox:/home/jacob/ebox#

Adding the directory doesn't help see:

root@jubox:/home/jacob/ebox/rtl8188# mkdir /lib/modules/2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg/build
root@jubox:/home/jacob/ebox/rtl8188# make
make[1]: Entering directory `/lib/modules/2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg/build'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lib/modules/2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg/build'
make: *** [all] Error 2
root@jubox:/home/jacob/ebox/rtl8188# rmdir /lib/modules/2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg/build
root@jubox:/home/jacob/ebox#

I thought maybe the kernel headers file will create the right environment but no:

root@jubox:/home/jacob/ebox# ls -l
total 13368
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jacob jacob 28672 2013-05-11 15:46 Kernel 2.6.34.1.doc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jacob jacob 6341748 2011-07-13 22:13 linux-headers-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg_1.2_i386.deb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jacob jacob 7304746 2011-07-13 22:13 linux-image-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg_1.2_i386.deb
drwxr-xr-x 6 jacob jacob 4096 2013-05-11 16:53 M2012 Xorg Driver & Utility R0.0.1
drwxr-xr-x 5 jacob jacob 4096 2013-05-12 11:57 rtl8188
root@jubox:/home/jacob/ebox# dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg_1.2_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg.
(Reading database ... 72671 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg (from linux-headers-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg_1.2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg:
linux-headers-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg depends on libncurses5 (>= 5.7+20100313); however:
Version of libncurses5 on system is 5.7+20090803-2ubuntu3.
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-headers-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg
root@jubox:/home/jacob/ebox#

Please advise?
Jacob

[jacob offline]

Hi Pedro,

To ensure the WiFi Dongle is working I have now installed WinXP as described in the WinXP thread. That worked with one glitch, see my post in that thread and the WiFi Dongle works.
Still no luck with the Ubuntu which is the one I need.

Jacob

[jacob offline]

Hi Pedro,

I did a fresh install after the experiment with WinXP, there is a clue to the mayhem with the install of the WiFi Driver see below.

root@jubox:/home/jacob/DMP-eBox# dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg_1.2_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg.
(Reading database ... 70081 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg (from linux-image-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg_1.2_i386.deb) ...
Done.
Setting up linux-image-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg (1.2) ...

Hmm. There is a symbolic link /lib/modules/2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg/build
However, I can not read it: No such file or directory
Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg/build


Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link /lib/modules/2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg/source
However, I can not read the target: No such file or directory
Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg/source

Running depmod.
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common 2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg
Running postinst hook script update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-38-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-38-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Microsoft Windows XP Professional on /dev/sda1
done

root@jubox:/home/jacob/DMP-eBox#

Can you please advise?

Thanks and regards,
Jacob

PS,
This update posted from the eBox over Ethernet.