It's easy to bind a device to a usb driver by doing something like
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modprobe driver vendor=vid product=pid. I'm wondering if this can be done with a compiled-in module: is there a way to dynamically tell Linux to use a specific module for a device?
I wanted to know if there is any way of adding a driver that i compiled during boot apart from adding it in
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/lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers
It works fine till i update to a newer kernel...then i have to add it in the new kernel file....so is there a permanent method?
About a month ago, I decided to go deeper in my Linux knowledge. I've been reading a lot and found out that Arch linux would be my learning distro. As I was installing Arch, it was a pain at first but I really learned a lot which I would never ever learn with Mint. Now I decided to take a step further is which "compiling your own kernel".
MY PROBLEM:
Everything was smooth in my Arch for a 2 weeks until I decided to compile my own kernel. I currently have a Nvidia GTX 460 1GB card.
BTW, the method I used to install nvidia with 2.6.37 was
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pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils
and that worked with all of the .37 kernels (-1 -2 -3 -4) which was download from kernel.org.
When I compiled the .38 (using the same .config of .37), it just boots up to the terminal (not loading gdm). However, I could still login by typing my username and password. So I've checked dmesg of both .37 and .38 and noticed that the Nvidia driver is not loaded in .38.
I tried reinstall it by running pacman and it doesn't do anything. It was thinking of uninstalling nvidia and nvidia-utils but there are so many dependencies conflicts (like screensaver, compiz, etc).
Since, I didn't want to mess up my .37 install, I just grabbed an old HDD and installed from scratch again. This time, I compiled the .38 kernel first (without gui) and then installed nvidia nvidia-utils. It was the same problem.
With this observation, I'm concluding that the nvidia and nvidia-utils from pacman is not compatible with .38.
I've read that I have to wait for nvidia to release a driver that will be compatible with the .38 kernel. Is that true? Does it mean I have to wait for nvidia/nvidia-utils to be updated from pacman? How would I know when it is updated?
I've also read about nouveau, but I guess that is not for me because it doesn't support 3D.
Is there a work around for me to use nvidia/nvidia-utils with .38?
Is nvidia and nvidia-utils proprietary drivers? What is the difference with these two and the one you download directly from nvidia?
First of all, I apologize for the bombardment of questions. As you can tell, I'm so clueless on how nvidia drivers work on linux in general (since it was spoon fed by mint) and I really would love to learn about this is a deeper level. Could someone please explain to me (LAYMANS terms) how nvidia works (and possibly a solution to my issue).
EDIT: Additional info - I have a netbook that also runs arch. It uses an Intel GMA integrated video chip which I used "xf86-video-intel" from pacman and I believe since it is open source, it works with .38 fine. So does that mean if you use an open source driver, it will work with all other kernels?
I am trying to create the ipv6 socket to send the frame but I am getting the error while binding to my local addrss.When I did ifconfig I do see this interface's ipv6 address.Am I missing something ?
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Recently I bought a Usb wifi router Belkin F6D4050 as my old laptop does not have a wifi chip. Unfortunately Belkin does not give Linux drivers for their products. I searched around the web and found a solution where after downloading the ralink drivers and making some modifications it worked under ubuntu
As my laptop is a PIII I decided to install Arch core image and build on it. I followed the same instructions in compiling the drivers for the usb router and yes it worked under arch linux.
It generated a .ko file and it loads at boot time.
Now say I want to use Puppy/Ubuntu etc instead of Arch and I want to access wifi through the router.
My question is whether copying this .ko file specific to the device to another distro puppy/ubuntu in the similar path make it work or it needs to be recompiled on the new distro
Ubuntu was a good choice for free server O/S. I am currently downloading it. My ISP wants to bind my static IP to a MAC address of the device that will be making my connection for me. Should my server be behind my router or in front of it? I kinda wanted it to be the access point and be able to monitor the usage from all the terminals in my house. We have 4 other PC's, a laptop and a PS3. My server is a Acer Altos G530 with 3.2 Xeon Processor, 4 gb of ECC DDR,
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anyone come across a mysql driver for Bind that is already in RPM format? I know there is one that you can compile, but i was just curious if anyone knew of a MAINTAINED package that does that same thing?
==Edit== While i'm at it, does anyone know of a way to have bind call a STORED PROCEDURE, instead of directly querying a table? That'd be sweet. --Or, even having bind query a php file, or a webhost, would be good... I'm going to google that one now....
==Edit== Screw the mysql driver: [URL]
how to use php to serve dns requests...
I have installed live cd on usb pendrive. Everything works great. How can I find out which device driver it is using? Where are the device driver files stored? How do you specify the device driver when mounting a device?
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View 7 Replies View RelatedIf I were asked to write a linux device driver for a pen, How should I start?
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When you copy paste the Makefile from post 7, make sure you delete the spaces shown in RED below by Backspace key and then press TAB
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obj-m += hello.o
all:
........make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) modules
clean:
........make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) clean
how to write a device driver for USB
I know, I know..."How long is a piece of string"?
I have one of these devices:
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Of course, it's Windows only, and XP only at that. However, the data that needs transferred between the device and the computer should be fairly basic, unless it offloads a lot of processing to the computer. I'm not a programmer, nor do I play one on TV, but I have written some fairly complicated microcontroller programs and some basic Java GUIs. Besides writing the actual code, how hard is it to do whatever needs done to make a Linux device driver, apart from the code to make the device work?
Is there an easy example of a block device driver I could follow as a guide to write my own module?
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I am part way through the install using CD's and have just chosen my required alnguage and then keyboard layout. The next option is asking me to choose what device drivers to load and most appear to be HDD Drivers. I haven't a clue what to choose here?
I've a problem with character device mounting. I've a character device module code. Here is the code
Code: /* chardev.c: Creates a read-only char device that says how many times
* you've read from the dev file
*/
#if defined(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS) && ! defined(MODVERSIONS)
#include <linux/modversions.h>
#define MODVERSIONS
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how to detect and install a mic device driver? i only plug and play the mic in xp.
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cat /dev/myDev
How can I read from the device using C code?
I've tried to open it as a file and read it's content to buffer but noting returns..
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char bufferin[500];
FILE* myDev = fopen("/dev/myDev", "r+");
size = fread(bufferin, 500, 500, myDev);
I have an application that reads data from a medical device connected using usb.
I am writing the driver for this device since it is a vendor specific device.
I am using libusb v0.1 API and get notification to the application when the device is connected/disconnected.
I am using Linux Ubuntu with kernel 2.6.*
I am facing a serious problem.. i want a linux-device driver to work on windows is it possible.. see windows has device driver files as .sys and linux has .ko so is it possible..??
View 5 Replies View RelatedIf I were asked to write a linux device driver for a pen, How should I start???
View 5 Replies View RelatedI wrote a small hello world type of character device driver. When I type echo -n "abcdef" > /dev/bond and do a cat /dev/bond then only last "f" of above input abcdef is displayed rest nothing is displayed. I asked this question earlier and some people suggested me some modifications I have done and experimented all that but I am unable to catch the error.
Here is the code
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/* Necessary includes for device drivers */
#include <linux/init.h>
//#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
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I downloaded the full install of Fedora 10. I burned the DVD and it booted okay. Going through the startup stuff, select language, keyboard, ect and then I choose the dvd as the source of the image. Then I get "no driver found" and gives me the option to choose from a list of drivers or to use a driver disk. I saw something in the forums about someone having the same problem but theirs was a video card issue. On the list of drivers it looks like they are network card drivers. I have no idea what to do. I am using a NVIDIA Geforce FX 5500 if that helps. I also did not verify the iso, though wouldn't it not boot at all if the iso image was broken?
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