Can't install madwifi - Linux Forums

10-16-2008

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arabbani

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Can't install madwifi

When I try to install madwifi there are some errors. can anyone help me??

Code:

[arabbani@localhost madwifi-0.9.4]$ make
Checking requirements... ok.
Checking kernel configuration... ok.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686/build SUBDIRS=/home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686'
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/if_ath.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/if_ath_pci.o
  LD [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/ath_pci.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath_hal/ah_os.o
  HOSTCC  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath_hal/uudecode
  UUDECODE /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath_hal/i386-elf.hal.o
  LD [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath_hal/ath_hal.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath_rate/amrr/amrr.o
  LD [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath_rate/amrr/ath_rate_amrr.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath_rate/minstrel/minstrel.o
  LD [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath_rate/minstrel/ath_rate_minstrel.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath_rate/onoe/onoe.o
  LD [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath_rate/onoe/ath_rate_onoe.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath_rate/sample/sample.o
  LD [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/ath_rate/sample/ath_rate_sample.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/if_media.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_beacon.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_crypto.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_crypto_none.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_input.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_node.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_output.o
  CC [M]  /home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.o
/home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.c: In function 'ieee80211_pwrsave':
/home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.c:240: error: implicit declaration of function '__skb_append'
make[3]: *** [/home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211] Error 2
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/arabbani/Download/madwifi-0.9.4] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686'
make: *** [modules] Error 2
[arabbani@localhost madwifi-0.9.4]$

10-17-2008	#2 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,957	Try the latest SVN of the driver. Or, if you don't want to mess with SVN, you can get the latest snapshot. You can try to diagnose it by checking the file that it chokes on. I'll bet it's missing a package that needs to be installed first. (ieee80211_power.o) __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

10-17-2008	#3 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,957	I have two recent versions of the madwifi source. I checked the file "ieee80211_power.c" and found the function "ieee80211_pwrsave" and there is no command matching "__skb_append". So again, try the latest SVN version of the driver. EDIT: Because you are using such a recent kernel, you have to use the SVN version of the driver. That's the reason for the error. It's not compatible with your kernel. __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply. Last edited by waterhead; 10-17-2008 at 03:36 AM..

10-17-2008	#4 (permalink)
arabbani Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 12	I tried to use that SVN but couldn't install it. So I tried this again: # yum install madwifi after downloading, everything seemed to be ok and installation was successful. But after installing, there is no change with my atheros wireless adapter. The strange thing is that when I try a madwifi command e.g "ath_pci", It says command not found.

10-17-2008	#5 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,957	This thread is a continuation of another thread: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red...gging-net.html Please do not double post about the same problem, as it is against forum rules! This thread is now locked. Refer to my link above for more info on this topic. __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

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