MadWiFi Installation Problem

julesinalbans · 12-13-2003

I'm trying to install the MadWiFi drivers to use with a Proxim a/b/g card. I have downloaded using cvs and when I try to run a make I get the following response

Makefile.inc:137: /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/build/.config: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/build/.config'. Stop.

I see that it's looking for a kernel config file but can't find it, but I don't know where to go from here. Can anyone tell me what it's looking for and how to fix it? Any help would be much appreciated...

Madhadder · 12-13-2003

FYI

I have nothing to do with this project

Void Main · 12-14-2003

That is the Make config file for the kernel. What distro are you using and do you have the kernel source and header packages installed?

julesinalbans · 12-14-2003

The kernel source is there but not sure about headers (not a Linux expert!!). The OS is RH8. Thanks again...

Void Main · 12-14-2003

I don't have any machines left here with RH8 installed on them (all running Fedora now) but I do know that you should have a copy of your kernel config file in /boot. Yours should be called something like /boot/config-2.4.18-14. You could modify the "Makefile.inc" file and change the "KERNEL_CONF=${KERNEL_PATH}/.config" to "KERNEL_CONF=/boot/config-2.4.18-14". As I said I don't have that old version installed any more so I can't test it.

12-13-2003	#1 (permalink)
julesinalbans Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London Uk Posts: 63	MadWiFi Installation Problem I'm trying to install the MadWiFi drivers to use with a Proxim a/b/g card. I have downloaded using cvs and when I try to run a make I get the following response Makefile.inc:137: /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/build/.config: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target `/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/build/.config'. Stop. I see that it's looking for a kernel config file but can't find it, but I don't know where to go from here. Can anyone tell me what it's looking for and how to fix it? Any help would be much appreciated...

12-13-2003	#2 (permalink)
Madhadder General "Noob Basher" Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 1,620	FYI I have nothing to do with this project __________________ Legends may sleep, but they never die!!!!

12-14-2003	#3 (permalink)
Void Main Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Earth Posts: 25	That is the Make config file for the kernel. What distro are you using and do you have the kernel source and header packages installed? __________________ $ echo '[q]sa[ln0=aln128%Pln128/snlbx]sb25384035327623601753454966742snlbxq'\|dc http://voidmain.is-a-geek.net/

12-14-2003	#5 (permalink)
Void Main Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Earth Posts: 25	I don't have any machines left here with RH8 installed on them (all running Fedora now) but I do know that you should have a copy of your kernel config file in /boot. Yours should be called something like /boot/config-2.4.18-14. You could modify the "Makefile.inc" file and change the "KERNEL_CONF=${KERNEL_PATH}/.config" to "KERNEL_CONF=/boot/config-2.4.18-14". As I said I don't have that old version installed any more so I can't test it. __________________ $ echo '[q]sa[ln0=aln128%Pln128/snlbx]sb25384035327623601753454966742snlbxq'\|dc http://voidmain.is-a-geek.net/

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12-14-2003	#4 (permalink)
julesinalbans Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London Uk Posts: 63	The kernel source is there but not sure about headers (not a Linux expert!!). The OS is RH8. Thanks again...