wireless card problem..

[H.meric]

hi.. i'm using debian lenny and some problems with wireless..

i cant install the wireless driver.. its winbondport - Google Code

one friend said that i must :

su
apt-get install build-essential kernel-package linux-source-2.6.24
cd /usr/src
tar xvjf linux-source-*.tar.bz2
ln -s linux-source-* linux # *kernel version
exit
cd ~/trunk/linux
make
su
make install
depmod -ae
modprobe w35und

but i m getting this error..

/Desktop/trunk/linux$ make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-686/build M=/home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-686/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [all] Error 2

how can install this driver..

[Dapper Dan]

Need to see the results of these two commands:

ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-686

and:

ls -l /usr/src

...please.

[H.meric]

sure..

ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-686
total 1672
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2008-06-28 15:37 kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 367461 2008-06-28 15:49 modules.alias
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2008-06-28 15:49 modules.ccwmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 373979 2008-06-28 15:49 modules.dep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 147 2008-06-28 15:49 modules.ieee1394map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 451 2008-06-28 15:49 modules.inputmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22301 2008-06-28 15:49 modules.isapnpmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74 2008-06-28 15:49 modules.ofmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 281562 2008-06-28 15:49 modules.pcimap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1387 2008-06-28 15:49 modules.seriomap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167185 2008-06-28 15:49 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 444363 2008-06-28 15:49 modules.usbmap

ls -l /usr/src
total 86348
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 19 2008-06-28 16:56 linux -> linux-source-2.6.24
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 2008-06-06 08:19 linux-source-2.6.18
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41418704 2008-06-06 10:18 linux-source-2.6.18.tar.bz2
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 2008-05-08 03:44 linux-source-2.6.24
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46891669 2008-05-08 07:46 linux-source-2.6.24.tar.bz2

thanx .. waiting for ur reply

[Dapper Dan]

Unless Fedora is doing something different now than what I'm aware of, you don't have build pointing back to the source. They might have put it somewhere else, I don't know. At any rate, try this:

ln -s /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.24 /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-686/build

You cab copy that right from here and paste it in the terminal. Then, redo:

ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-686

to ensure "build" is pointing back to the source. You ARE running kernel 2.6.24 aren't you? And not 2.6.18? Once the symlink is correctly established, try compiling the driver again. Hope this works. Good luck!

[H.meric]

yeah i'm usiing 2.6.24.. when i was using etch i tried to do it too so that files is from that times...

masa:/home/kahve# ln -s /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.24 /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-686/build
masa:/home/kahve# ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-686
total 1672
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2008-07-04 21:25 build -> /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.24
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2008-06-28 15:37 kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 367461 2008-06-30 03:25 modules.alias
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2008-06-30 03:25 modules.ccwmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 373979 2008-06-30 03:25 modules.dep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 147 2008-06-30 03:25 modules.ieee1394map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 451 2008-06-30 03:25 modules.inputmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22301 2008-06-30 03:25 modules.isapnpmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74 2008-06-30 03:25 modules.ofmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 281562 2008-06-30 03:25 modules.pcimap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1387 2008-06-30 03:25 modules.seriomap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167185 2008-06-30 03:25 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 444363 2008-06-30 03:25 modules.usbmap

uname -a
Linux masa 2.6.24-1-686 #1 SMP Thu May 8 02:16:39 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

[H.meric]

at the mail groups someone said that i must install the package linux-headers-$(uname -r) so i did it..

then i do :

masa:/home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux# make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-686/build M=/home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-1-686'
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/new_wireless.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/wbusb.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/wb35reg.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/wb35rx.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/wb35tx.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../bssdbase.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../ds_tkip.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../knl.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../mds.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../mlme_assoc.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../mlme_auth.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../mlmetask.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../mlmetxrx.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../mto.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../phy_calibration.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../reg.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../roamtask.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../rxisr.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../scan_probe.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../scantask.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../sme_api.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../smetask.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wbhal.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wblinux.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wpa/eap.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wpa/4Way.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wpa/Adapter_Bridge.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wpa/STLFunction.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wpa/passphrase.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wpa/prf.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wpa/rc4.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wpa/sha1.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wpa/hmac_sha1.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wpa/hmac_md5.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wpa/md5.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wpa/aes.o
CC [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/../wpa/aes_wrap.o
LD [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/w35und.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/w35und.mod.o
LD [M] /home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux/w35und.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-1-686'

masa:/home/kahve/Desktop/trunk/linux# make install
cp w35und.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/

[Dapper Dan]

Oops, sorry. I must have confused your thread with another I was working on at the time that had to do with Fedora. Apologies.

Now that the sources are installed, the proper symlink from build back to the sources is made which I see you now have. So is, I presume "w35und.ko" in /kernel/drivers/net/wireless? If so, then it would appear your build was successful.

Did you do:

depmod -ae

...after installing? Then:

modprobe w35und

...to load the module (driver). If no errors, bring it up with:

ifconfig wlan0 up

...and to check for access points:

iwlist wlan0 scan

All this presuming your device will come in as wlan0.