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CADVICE is developped under the open source operating system LINUX -
some experiences installing and using Linux are discussed here too.
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Linux in use at CADVICE
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Linux & Windows on same disk
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X-Windows on "earlier" versions of LINUX
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USB-WLAN RT73
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LINUX version(s) in use at CADVICE:
Kernel 2.6.x
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Linux and Windows on same disk
It was experienced, that it may be necessary to
install
a ms-windows
system
( i.e.
Win 2000/ Win XP/ Vista
)
first
,
because the recovery (oem !) versions of Win 2000/ Win XP/ Vista
may not recognize the partioning of the disk
and once started their installation,
they cannot be stopped
to override the linux installation done before.
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Experiences with the USB WLAN Stick - Chipset RT73/ 7318UG
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It was experienced, that the drivers delivered with the USB WLAN Stick above
may not run resp.
may not be accepted by "insmod".
In this case, one has to get the source of the driver from:
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php?title=Downloads
From here download the "rt73 (USB) CVS hourly tarball: rt73-CVS" .
Instructions:
- Unpack the downloaded tar-file (in a separate directory).
- Enter the "tar-ed" directory.
- Enter the directory Module.
- Generate driver by ...
. - "make"
. - "make install"
- Insert driver into system by ...
. - "modprobe rt73.ko"
- Use "YAST" (of SuSE) - or any other LINUX-Installation-Tool to introduce the
Network-Card
- Helpful commands to activate/ verify the Network-Card
(the address 'wlan0' may be different):
. - "ifconfig wlan0 up"
. - "iwlist wlan0 scan"
. - "iwconfig wlan0 essid 'name of network'"
. - "iwconfig wlan0 key open"
. - "iwconfig wlan0 mode managed"
An example file "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-bus-usb"
(the name of the file and of the directory may be different on other LINUX-systems:
#/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-bus-usb
BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
MTU=''
NAME='Ethernet Network Card'
REMOTE_IPADDR='192.178.X.X'
STARTMODE='ifplugd'
USERCONTROL='yes'
WIRELESS_AP=''
WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE='open'
WIRELESS_BITRATE='auto'
WIRELESS_CHANNEL='11'
WIRELESS_DEFAULT_KEY='0'
WIRELESS_ESSID='name of network'
WIRELESS_FREQUENCY=''
WIRELESS_KEY=''
WIRELESS_KEY_0=''
WIRELESS_KEY_1=''
WIRELESS_KEY_2=''
WIRELESS_KEY_3=''
WIRELESS_KEY_LENGTH=''
WIRELESS_MODE='Managed'
WIRELESS_NICK=''
WIRELESS_NWID=''
WIRELESS_POWER='yes'
WIRELESS_WPA_PSK=''
#IFPLUGD_PRIORITY='10
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Particularities experienced with X-Windows on earlier
Linux systems
(The windows system of Linux is called X-Windows/ XF86)
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XF86Config-file for a Toshiba Pro 4600:
# XF86Config (XFree86 4.0.2) file for Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600.
#
# This information was gained from the internet and by "trial & error".
# It may not yet be complete.
#
# This is for a Trident CyberBlade XP graphics card with 16 MB,
# which is used on the Tosh Pro 4600.
# SVGA graphics is supported up to 1600x1200 at 85 Hz.
# The LCD on the Tosh 4600 has 15 inch w. 1024x768 pixels.
#
# The card is not recognized by the trident driver.
# The generic vesa driver w. 1280x1024 pixels is used.
#
# This information may be used !!! W/O ANY WARRANTY !!!
#
#
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # dont initialize the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
# Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "LeftAlt" "Meta"
Option "RightAlt" "Meta"
# Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift"
Option "ScrollLock" "Compose"
Option "RightCtl" "Control"
Option "XkbKeycodes" "xfree86"
# Option "XkbTypes" "default"
# Option "XkbCompat" "default"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
EndSection
#Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "USBMouse"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
# Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "150"
# Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
#EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Internal"
Driver "mouse"
# roll mouse
# Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
# regular 3 button mouse
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "150"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Tosh 4600 LCD"
HorizSync 31.5 - 82.0
VertRefresh 50-90
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
# Chipset "generic"
Driver "vga"
# BusID "PCI:0:10:0"
# VideoRam 256
# Clocks 25.2 28.3
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Trident XP"
Driver "vesa"
# Driver "trident"
# unsupported card
#VideoRam 16384
# may insert lines for "clocks" here if appropriate
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "Trident XP"
Monitor "Tosh 4600 LCD"
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Internal" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
# InputDevice "USBMouse" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
# ----------------------- end of xconfig file -------------------------
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