Installing drivers -'make'

[matteedee]

Hi I have just downloaded realtek rtl98192se for my wireless pci card.

after extracting the file, the user guide states to go to the top level of the directory and execute the command 'make' to compile the driver

I have done so but I get the error:

make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.el5/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
Make: *** [all] Error 2

Any ideas what im doing wrong?

Any help would be appriciated

[matteedee]

i saw the following post
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Righty! In my case I popped in the following symbolic link:

ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-10-server /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build

After that everything seemed to compile properly.

Now I've just got to solve the new problem with the webcam, but that's a different story...

Thanks for your help,
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from this forum Trying to compile, but "No such file or directory" [Archive] - Ubuntu Forums

however i dont have a headers folder/file...

any ideas?

[MikeTbob]

You probably need to install kernel-devel and kernel-headers

[matteedee]

When I try to find the build link and click on it, I get the message...

The Link "build" is Broken. Move it to Trash?
This link cant be used because its target "/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-194.el5-x86_64" doesnt exist...

any ideas?

[matteedee]

kernel devel?? kernel headers??

Im using Oracle Enterprise Linux .5.5.. any ideas?

[MikeTbob]

/2.6.18-194.el5

This is why I thought you had RHEL, sorry my bad.

[matteedee]

i think im more confused now

i checked the folder that the symlink was pointing to and there is nothing in there atall...
any ideas?

[MikeTbob]

I gave you my idea and you chose to ignore it, you said in your other thread that OEL is based on RHEL, right? Did you even check to see if you could find those packages or similar named packages to install? Without an Internet connection, this is going to be difficult at best. Do you have an Internet connection?

[matteedee]

i didnt chose to ignore you advice, i said i didnt know what you meant, yes I have an internet connection now.

please could you explain

how do I get those packages? - have tried searching with package manager but nothing is found

[MikeTbob]

Keep in mind that I have never used OEL and it's been a long time since I used RHEL or CentOS.
You need to use the tool...yum perhaps or just the graphical package manager, I'm not sure. Search for kernel-devel and kernel-headers, make sure they match your current kernel and install them both.