Madwifi - Can't make driver - No such file or directory

[viper34j]

Hello,

I am new to the forums and to Mandriva.

I freshly installed Mandriva 2007 Free onto my laptop this morning and have been unable to figure out how to make the madwif driver.

When I attempt a "make" command in the root directory of madwifi-0.9.2.1, I receive the follow error.

[root@localhost madwifi-0.9.2.1]# make
/bin/sh: line 0: cd: /lib/modules/2.6.17-5mdv/build: No such file or directory
Makefile.inc:89: *** /lib/modules/2.6.17-5mdv/build is missing, please set KERNELPATH.  Stop.

When I navigate to the location that the KERNELPATH is pointing to, I only see this.

[root@localhost /]# cd lib
[root@localhost lib]# cd modules
[root@localhost modules]# cd 2.
2.6.17-5mdv/       2.6.17-5mdvlegacy/ 
[root@localhost modules]# cd 2.6.17-5mdv
[root@localhost 2.6.17-5mdv]# ls
kernel/         modules.dep          modules.inputmap   modules.pcimap    modules.usbmap
modules.alias   modules.description  modules.isapnpmap  modules.seriomap
modules.ccwmap  modules.ieee1394map  modules.ofmap      modules.symbols
[root@localhost 2.6.17-5mdv]#

What am I missing that is keeping this make from completing?

[MikeTbob]

You probably just need to install the kernel-devel package.
If you have a working connection to your machine now, use your package manager to download madwifi.