error 2 on compiling driver for wireless adaptor

[manuleka]

[manu@fedacrylic Module]$ cp Makefile.6 ./Makefile
[manu@fedacrylic Module]$ make install
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686/build
INSTALL_MOD_DIR=extra SUBDIRS=/media/disk/dwl-g122/2009_0206_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.2/Module \
	modules_install 
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [install] Error 2
[manu@fedacrylic Module]$

i get the above error when trying to compile driver for my USB adaptor, can anyone help me...

by the way i'm trying to compile driver for a D-Link DWL-G122 Version C

[waterhead]

You should install the kernel headers and the kernel source before compiling kernel drivers.

yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers-`uname -r`

That driver can be installed from the RPMFusion repository. Enable it for YUM, and then you can install using YUM.

RPM Fusion - RPM Fusion

It is in the non-free section, called "kmod-wl".

EDIT: Are you using the latest version of that driver? The latest can always be found at the Broadcom web site.
Broadcom Corporation - Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA driver

Also, it appears that you are trying to compile the driver on an external drive. You may get a failure because of this. It is always better to do driver compiling on a local disk.

[manuleka]

thats the problem, i don't have internet... is there a way of downloading this on another machine?

i'll try copying the files into the local drive and have another go...

[waterhead]

It's probably easier then to compile the driver. You can get the kernel source and kernel headers from the installation DVD. I would still get the latest source from Broadcom.

[manuleka]

Index of /ftp/fedora10-i386.updates
RPM resource kernel-devel-uname-r
RPM resource kernel-headers

from the above links i manage to get

1) kernel-devel-2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686

but can only find

2) kernel-headers-2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i386

is there a difference between installing a i386 and i686?

cheers

[waterhead]

That should be fine. Don't you have the installation DVD for this?

The YUM command that I gave had the `uname -r` surrounded by backticks. You can have a command within a command, by enclosing it in backticks. You can run this command separately.

uname -r

It will give you your kernel version. When I included in the YUM command, it was to automatically determine your kernel version.

[manuleka]

i installed both rpms above which went well but encountered another issue

[manu@fedacrylic dwl-g122]$ cd ./rt73-k2wrlz-3.0.2/Module/
[manu@fedacrylic Module]$ make && make install
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 25: gcc: command not found
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 26: gcc: command not found
make[1]: gcc: Command not found
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686'
  CC [M]  /home/manu/Download/aps/rpm/dwl-g122/rt73-k2wrlz-3.0.2/Module/rtmp_main.o
/bin/sh: gcc: command not found
make[2]: *** [/home/manu/Download/aps/rpm/dwl-g122/rt73-k2wrlz-3.0.2/Module/rtmp_main.o] Error 127
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/manu/Download/aps/rpm/dwl-g122/rt73-k2wrlz-3.0.2/Module] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686'
rt73.ko failed to build!
make: *** [module] Error 1
[manu@fedacrylic Module]$ sudo make && make install
[sudo] password for manu: 
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 25: gcc: command not found
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 26: gcc: command not found
make[1]: gcc: Command not found
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686'
  CC [M]  /home/manu/Download/aps/rpm/dwl-g122/rt73-k2wrlz-3.0.2/Module/rtmp_main.o
/bin/sh: gcc: command not found
make[2]: *** [/home/manu/Download/aps/rpm/dwl-g122/rt73-k2wrlz-3.0.2/Module/rtmp_main.o] Error 127
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/manu/Download/aps/rpm/dwl-g122/rt73-k2wrlz-3.0.2/Module] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686'
rt73.ko failed to build!
make: *** [module] Error 1
[manu@fedacrylic Module]$

correct me if i'm wrong but it looks like i need gcc compiler? yea?

[manuleka]

That should be fine. Don't you have the installation DVD for this?

The YUM command that I gave had the `uname -r` surrounded by backticks. You can have a command within a command, by enclosing it in backticks. You can run this command separately.

uname -r

It will give you your kernel version. When I included in the YUM command, it was to automatically determine your kernel version.

i've got kernel-2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686

[waterhead]

That is correct, install gcc.

[manuleka]

i'm gonna try and install gcc offline (since i can't get internet through fedora) how do i know which dependencies to include?

or do i just install gcc and see what other errors would come up?