problems with 'make' in suse 10.1

[swatchie]

Hello. I am trying to get my wireless card in my laptop to work. I downloaded the ndis program and started to go thru the install, and it started working. I was able to do the 'make uninstall' but that is as far as I can go. I have tried doing this as the user and then switching to root, and then tried as root, but it still wont go. the error that I am getting is as follows:

labzilla27:~/Desktop/wire/ndiswrapper-1.30 # make
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/wire/ndiswrapper-1.30/driver'
Can't find kernel build files in /lib/modules/2.6.16.21-0.8-default/build;
give the path to kernel build directory with
KBUILD=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/wire/ndiswrapper-1.30/driver'
make: *** [all] Error 2

This is driving me crazy! I have tried it on my laptop at home, and just now tried it at work. Can anyone help pointing out what I am doing wrong? I am new to linux and want to continue using this. I tried searching google, and was not able to find much results. I am searching using KBUILD= and nogo.

I tried using 'whereis' and 'locate' and nogo. it is not finding the file KBUILD on the system. This is a fresh install of SUSE on both systems.

results of uname -a "

Linux labzilla27 2.6.16.21-0.8-default #1 Mon Jul 3 18:25:39 UTC 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Is there any other bits of information that I can supply that might help narrowing the issue down?

Thanks in advance!

[techieMoe]

Was NDISWrapper not available to install from an RPM? Perhaps using the YaST Add/Remove tool? It's easier than trying to compile it yourself.

Here is a tutorial for installing Ndiswrapper on 9.2 (it should also work for 10.1) using YaST:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...ofessional_9.2

[swatchie]

I tried to search for an RPM, and was not able to find one for ndis. I think the problem is more with Suse than with ndis. After calming down some and reading the message that it was outputing for the error, I believe that the message is pointing to the kernel build files. I am trying to find those now to install and see if htat resolves everything.

I hope so cause this is driving me crazy !

[swatchie]

Thats exactly what my problem was. I didnt have the kernel-source files installed. I loaded those and now I am continueing on my install.

Sorry baout that. it did help tho seeing it typed out on a forum. Helped me get my frustrations out and that helped me read what I was thinking.

Expect to see more of this type of stuff from me!