JtG
2013-05-23, 01:28
I have an Acer Travelmate C314XMi laptop. The bluetooth device is controlled by a software switch rather than a hardware switch. In order to get it to work, I need to install the acerhk driver. The driver is not working and causing syslogd to spit stuff at me.
Kali version: 32-bit, GNOME
Kali installation: HDD
Error message:
root@TABLET:~/acerhk-0.5.35-pat# modprobe acerhk
Killed
root@TABLET:~/acerhk-0.5.35-pat#
Message from syslogd@TABLET at May 22 20:53:02 ...
kernel:[ 1530.183946] Process modprobe (pid: 4817, ti=c44ce000 task=ed8a55b0 task.ti=c44ce000)
Message from syslogd@TABLET at May 22 20:53:02 ...
kernel:[ 1530.183951] Stack:
Message from syslogd@TABLET at May 22 20:53:02 ...
kernel:[ 1530.183998] Call Trace:
Message from syslogd@TABLET at May 22 20:53:02 ...
kernel:[ 1530.184277] Code: 74 23 66 81 fb 0f 03 74 1c 66 83 fb 13 74 16 66 81 fb 13 01 74 0f 66 81 fb 13 02 74 08 66 83 fb 25 74 02 eb 05 e8 b2 00 00 00 c3 <55> 8b ec 83 c4 fc 66 89 45 fe 66 89 5d fc e8 da 00 00 00 73 11
Message from syslogd@TABLET at May 22 20:53:02 ...
kernel:[ 1530.184360] EIP: [<c00fdec0>] 0xc00fdec0 SS:ESP 0068:c44cfdc4
^C
root@TABLET:~/acerhk-0.5.35-pat#
I've been working on this all week and here's the steps I take to get me to the above point. (I'm really good at installing now! haha)
1. Fresh install to HDD (nothing else on HDD)
2. apt-get update
3. apt-get upgrade
4. Install NVIDIA driver (http://docs.kali.org/general-use/install-nvidia-drivers-on-kali-linux)
5. Install build-essential and kernel source (http://docs.kali.org/development/recompiling-the-kali-linux-kernel)
NOTE: I'm not sure if that's needed, but "prepare-kernel-sources" is in my notes from going through this for BT5.
6. Download latest acerhk driver (http://sourceforge.net/projects/acerhkgui/files/acerhk_driver_fixed-compile/ubuntu_11.04-/)
7. Edit Makefile changing line 21 from looking for kernel 2.6 to 3.7. (granted, a greater than or equal to is probably a better solution)
8. make
9. make install
10. modprobe acerhk
Step 10 is where things derail and I get the error in the above code block.
Thanks for taking a look.
-JtG
P.S. - acerhk is NOT just for the extra buttons or the indicator lights, it's what actually turns on my internal bluetooth adapter. I don't care about the buttons or lights, I just want my internal bluetooth adapter to function rather than having to go buy a USB bluetooth adapter.
Kali version: 32-bit, GNOME
Kali installation: HDD
Error message:
root@TABLET:~/acerhk-0.5.35-pat# modprobe acerhk
Killed
root@TABLET:~/acerhk-0.5.35-pat#
Message from syslogd@TABLET at May 22 20:53:02 ...
kernel:[ 1530.183946] Process modprobe (pid: 4817, ti=c44ce000 task=ed8a55b0 task.ti=c44ce000)
Message from syslogd@TABLET at May 22 20:53:02 ...
kernel:[ 1530.183951] Stack:
Message from syslogd@TABLET at May 22 20:53:02 ...
kernel:[ 1530.183998] Call Trace:
Message from syslogd@TABLET at May 22 20:53:02 ...
kernel:[ 1530.184277] Code: 74 23 66 81 fb 0f 03 74 1c 66 83 fb 13 74 16 66 81 fb 13 01 74 0f 66 81 fb 13 02 74 08 66 83 fb 25 74 02 eb 05 e8 b2 00 00 00 c3 <55> 8b ec 83 c4 fc 66 89 45 fe 66 89 5d fc e8 da 00 00 00 73 11
Message from syslogd@TABLET at May 22 20:53:02 ...
kernel:[ 1530.184360] EIP: [<c00fdec0>] 0xc00fdec0 SS:ESP 0068:c44cfdc4
^C
root@TABLET:~/acerhk-0.5.35-pat#
I've been working on this all week and here's the steps I take to get me to the above point. (I'm really good at installing now! haha)
1. Fresh install to HDD (nothing else on HDD)
2. apt-get update
3. apt-get upgrade
4. Install NVIDIA driver (http://docs.kali.org/general-use/install-nvidia-drivers-on-kali-linux)
5. Install build-essential and kernel source (http://docs.kali.org/development/recompiling-the-kali-linux-kernel)
NOTE: I'm not sure if that's needed, but "prepare-kernel-sources" is in my notes from going through this for BT5.
6. Download latest acerhk driver (http://sourceforge.net/projects/acerhkgui/files/acerhk_driver_fixed-compile/ubuntu_11.04-/)
7. Edit Makefile changing line 21 from looking for kernel 2.6 to 3.7. (granted, a greater than or equal to is probably a better solution)
8. make
9. make install
10. modprobe acerhk
Step 10 is where things derail and I get the error in the above code block.
Thanks for taking a look.
-JtG
P.S. - acerhk is NOT just for the extra buttons or the indicator lights, it's what actually turns on my internal bluetooth adapter. I don't care about the buttons or lights, I just want my internal bluetooth adapter to function rather than having to go buy a USB bluetooth adapter.