Can't get Linux WiFi driver to work

[i want a laptop]

OK, get a nice PCI WiFi card from ebay, 13 bucks, works great in Windows after driver installation, I want to get it to work in Linux, has a Realtek 8185 chipset, so I check the website, download a .tar.gz driver file.

Decompress it.

OK, easy enough, got some files, one is a readme, should be simple

< Installation >
Running the scripts can finish all operations of building up modules from source code and start the nic:

(1)Build up the driver from the source code
./makedrv

(2)Load the driver module to kernel and start up nic
./wlan0up
(if "insmod: error inserting 'r8180.ko': -File exists." met,
./wlan0rmv
./wlan0down
./wlan0up
should be OK.
)
(3)Refer to < Set wireless lan MIBs > to set Wireless LAN specific parameters.

So I open terminal, go to my folder, which is on my desktop, type in "./makedrv"

john@john-desktop:~/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007$ ./makedrv
./ieee80211/
./ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
./ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c
./ieee80211/tags
./ieee80211/Makefile
./ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_tkip.c
./ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
./ieee80211/readme
./ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.c
./ieee80211/ieee80211.h
./ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c
./ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac_wx.c
./ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.h
./ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.c
./ieee80211/license
./ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_wep.c
./ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.c
rtl8185/
rtl8185/README.adhoc
rtl8185/r8180_sa2400.h
rtl8185/Makefile
rtl8185/copying
rtl8185/README.master
rtl8185/r8180.h
rtl8185/install
rtl8185/r8180_max2820.h
rtl8185/r8180_max2820.c
rtl8185/r8180_rtl8225.h
rtl8185/r8180_wx.h
rtl8185/authors
rtl8185/tags
rtl8185/r8180_pm.c
rtl8185/r8180_hw.h
rtl8185/r8180_gct.c
rtl8185/r8180_gct.h
rtl8185/r8180_rtl8225.c
rtl8185/readme
rtl8185/r8180_93cx6.h
rtl8185/ieee80211.h
rtl8185/license
rtl8185/r8180_pm.h
rtl8185/changes
rtl8185/r8180_rtl8225z2.c
rtl8185/r8180_wx.c
rtl8185/r8180_rtl8255.c
rtl8185/r8180_93cx6.c
rtl8185/r8180_sa2400.c
rtl8185/r8180_core.c
rtl8185/r8180_rtl8255.h
rtl8185/ieee80211_crypt.h
rm -f *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko 
rm -rf /home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/tmp
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/build M=/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211 CC=gcc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.o
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c: In function ‘ieee80211_softmac_init':
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c:2236: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c:2237: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c:2238: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c:2239: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c:2240: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c:2241: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
  CC [M]  /home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.o
  CC [M]  /home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.o
  CC [M]  /home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.o
  CC [M]  /home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.o
  CC [M]  /home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac_wx.o
  CC [M]  /home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.o
  CC [M]  /home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.o
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.c: In function ‘ieee80211_ccmp_aes_encrypt':
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.c:88: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘crypto_cipher_encrypt_one' from incompatible pointer type
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.c: In function ‘ieee80211_ccmp_init':
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.c:110: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.c:127: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘crypto_free_cipher' from incompatible pointer type
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.c: In function ‘ieee80211_ccmp_deinit':
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.c:144: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘crypto_free_cipher' from incompatible pointer type
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.c: In function ‘ieee80211_ccmp_set_key':
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.c:422: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘crypto_cipher_setkey' from incompatible pointer type
  CC [M]  /home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_tkip.o
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_tkip.c: In function ‘ieee80211_tkip_encrypt':
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_tkip.c:417: error: ‘struct scatterlist' has no member named ‘page'
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_tkip.c: In function ‘ieee80211_tkip_decrypt':
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_tkip.c:511: error: ‘struct scatterlist' has no member named ‘page'
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_tkip.c: In function ‘michael_mic':
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_tkip.c:613: error: ‘struct scatterlist' has no member named ‘page'
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_tkip.c:617: error: ‘struct scatterlist' has no member named ‘page'
make[2]: *** [/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_tkip.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/ieee80211] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2
rm -f *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko *~
rm -rf /home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/tmp
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/build M=/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185 CC=gcc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.o
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.c: In function ‘rtl8180_proc_module_init':
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.c:588: error: ‘proc_net' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.c:588: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.c:588: error: for each function it appears in.)
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.c: In function ‘rtl8180_proc_module_remove':
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.c:594: error: ‘proc_net' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.c: In function ‘rtl8180_init':
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.c:3159: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.c:3522: error: ‘SA_SHIRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.c:3522: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘request_irq' from incompatible pointer type
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.c: In function ‘rtl8180_pci_probe':
/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.c:4213: error: implicit declaration of function ‘SET_MODULE_OWNER'
make[2]: *** [/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185/r8180_core.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/john/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007/rtl8185] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2
john@john-desktop:~/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007$

So I type in ./wlan0up

john@john-desktop:~/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007$ ./wlan0up
insmod: can't read 'ieee80211_crypt-rtl.ko': No such file or directory
insmod: can't read 'ieee80211_crypt_wep-rtl.ko': No such file or directory
insmod: can't read 'ieee80211_crypt_tkip-rtl.ko': No such file or directory
insmod: can't read 'ieee80211_crypt_ccmp-rtl.ko': No such file or directory
insmod: can't read 'ieee80211-rtl.ko': No such file or directory
insmod: can't read 'r8180.ko': No such file or directory
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
john@john-desktop:~/Desktop/rtl8185_linux_26.1027.0823.2007$

 

[i want a laptop]

So I do like what it says in the readme, ./wlan0rmv

O wait, there is no ./wlan0rmv in the folder? So I don't know what I am supposed to do about that...

I try then doing all combinations of wlan0up, wlan0down, and makedrv but nothing works...

I know I am doing something wrong and it is probably a easy tweak to get it up and running but I don't know what to do

 

[cavemangrinder]

Im not a linux expert or anything, just so you know. When I wanted to get my wireless card working with linux, I had to use ndiswrapper (as my wifi card is not natively supported by linux). Took a little tinkering, but I was ultimately able to get it working with the windows xp drivers. Here is the guide I used: http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Networking/NdisWrapper_The_Ultimate_Guide/ . This may or may not be what you are needing, but I thought I'd throw it out there to see if it helps.

 

[i want a laptop]

OK, hit the Add/Remove, typed in wifi, and got it downloaded and installed, copied out my Realtek folder from Windows and I found the right inf file.



Still, I can't on the internet....

NVM got it to work!

Crap, it works fine for browsing the web, but I can't crack any wep with these drivers, so I need to get this Realtek driver working not the windows ndiswrapper thing going...