bcm43xx on iBook G4 w/Ubuntu Breezy

d/l – ieee80211, softmac, bcm43xx, precompiled 2.6.15.1 kernel + source

install build-essential, kernel-package

Magic formula:

1) Install kernel
2) Extract source kernel to /usr/src, make linux symlink
3) Copy /boot/config-2.6.15.1 /usr/src/linux/.config
4) make-mpkg clean
5) make-kpkg –initrd –stem linux –revision=temp1.0 kernel_image
Let it build until it gets past scripts/, then Ctrl-C
6) ybin -v
7) Reboot into new kernel.
7.5) Make symlink from /lib/modules/2.6.15.1/build to /usr/src/linux/2.6.15.1
8) Install ieee80211, answer Y to all questions regarding removing files + links
9) Install softmac
10) Install bcm43xx driver. Edit bcm43xx.h, comment out checks for CONFIG_IEEE80211
11) modprobe bcm43xx

YEAH!

26 lines of code to help me remember how to make a connection to a MySQL database from a .php script

Adding a user into mysql

mysql
use mysql
select * from users G; (to get the format)
insert into users (Host, User, Password, Select_priv, etc) values (“localhost”, “php”, Password(“f00”), “Y”, etc);
flush privileges;
quit
mysql -u php -p

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*making the connection*
config/config.php:

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whatever.php:

How to run stuff on an Actiontec DSL router

I read somewhere that 2 geeks got BitchX to run on an Actiontec router. The link to the site never worked,
so I set off on my own quest to make it work.

First, your gonna need to setup a toolchain. Dan Kegel’s crosstool produces binaries that work on the router:

http://kegel.com/crosstool/

un tar, move into contrib

next

mkdir -p /opt/crosstool
chown $USER /opt/crosstool

./demo-mips

BitchX needs ncurses and ncurses needs to be re-compiled aginst uClibc to work correctly, so:

Cross compiling ncurses 5.4 for an Actiontec GT DSL Router

Get the source:

http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ncurses.html

extract

./configure
make sources

setup cross-compile environment – heres mine:

export BASE=~jloconne/mips-bin/
#export LINUX=$HOME/snapgear/linux-2.4.x/include/
export TOOLSBASE=/opt/crosstool/mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc/gcc-3.3.3-uClibc-0.9.23/bin/mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc
export CC=$TOOLSBASE-gcc
export STRIP=$TOOLSBASE-strip
export RANLIB=$TOOLSBASE-ranlib
export LDFLAGS=”-L/opt/crosstool/mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc/gcc-3.3.3-uClibc-0.9.23/mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc/lib -L/accts/jloconne/ncurses-5.4/lib”
export CFLAGS=-I/opt/crosstool/mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc/gcc-3.3.3-uClibc-0.9.23/mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc/include/
#export CFLAGS=”-I/accts/jloconne/actiontec-source/linux-2.4.17_mvl21/include/asm/”

export DEST=/accts/jloconne/mips-bin

./configure –host=mipsel-linux –without-ada –without-progs –without-cxx –prefix=$DEST

make
make install

Now, compile BitchX

Get source,
un-tar

Tell autoconf where to find your new ncurses lib

export LDFLAGS=/path/to/ncurses/lib

./configure
make

Now, strip the binary to save space,

/opt/crosstool/mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc/gcc-3.3.3-uClibc-0.9.23/bin/mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc-strip BitchX

The easiest way I’ve found to put binaries on the router is by placing it on an ftp or web server, then doing
a wget once your telnetted in.

ftp blah.blah.com

then, telnet to the router, and switch to /var/tmp

wget ftp://IPaddress/BitchX
wget ftp://IPaddress/vt102

mkdir ./terminfo/v
mv vt102 ./terminfo/v

export HOME=.

chmod 700 BitchX

./BitchX

There you have it…