Can't makepkg of rt2870sta.ko necessary for wifi-setup

lundix · 2011-07-06 03:18:49

Hello,

Arch newbee here. Been following the advice on the wifi wiki and determined that my missing driver was the rt2870. The steps unfolded well untill I shoul makepkg -i and had the following message:

[root@lundix rt2870]# makepkg -i --asroot
==> ERROR:  PKGBUILD does not exist.
[root@lundix rt2870]# makepkg -i rt2870sta.ko --asroot
==>ERROR:  PKGBUILD does not exist.
[root@lundix rt2870]# ls
rt2870sta.ko  rt2870sta.ko.gz
[root@lundix rt2870]#

Any suggestions or advice would be highly appreciated...

jasonwryan · 2011-07-06 03:25:46

What kernel are you running?

Arch Wiki wrote:

Since version 2.6.29 this driver has been included in the kernel.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rt2870

ewaller · 2011-07-06 03:28:30

You need to unpack the tarbell

you missed the tar xvf rt2870.tar.gz step. That command will create the rt2870 and create the directory with the contents (including the PKGBUILD) of the .gz file. Then change to that directory and do the makepkg.

ewaller · 2011-07-06 03:29:26

Of course, Jasonryan stabs at the real root of your problem

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#1 2011-07-06 03:18:49

Can't makepkg of rt2870sta.ko necessary for wifi-setup

#2 2011-07-06 03:25:46

Re: Can't makepkg of rt2870sta.ko necessary for wifi-setup

#3 2011-07-06 03:28:30

Re: Can't makepkg of rt2870sta.ko necessary for wifi-setup

#4 2011-07-06 03:29:26

Re: Can't makepkg of rt2870sta.ko necessary for wifi-setup

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