Please Set Kernel Path WadWifi

rstein6516 · 08-25-2006, 10:55 AM

Please Help I am a semi-newbie trying to install MadWifi on Debian 2.6.16-2-686. I have downloaded MadWifi drivers and unpacked them. When I try make I get the error message -- "/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/buid is Missing. Please set kernel path Stop." I have little experience compiling a kernel, when I browse /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686 there is no build directory just a kernel directory. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance

Mara · 08-26-2006, 03:22 PM

The 'build' directory is a symbolic link to kernel sources (the kernel that was used to build the modules you have in that dir). If you have the sources, just not the link, make it and it should work. If you don't have the sources, you need to install them.

rstein6516 · 08-27-2006, 08:51 PM

I have installed the sources and untarred them. Are you saying I have to do a make in the source directory

Mara · 09-03-2006, 03:04 PM

Now you need a symbolic link between the kernel source directory and /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/buid

rstein6516 · 09-04-2006, 11:29 PM

thanks for all your help. I finally got it!

josmagal · 09-10-2006, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Mara

Now you need a symbolic link between the kernel source directory and /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/buid

how do you create that symbolic link? sorry for my apparently ignorant question but i´m new at this.

rstein6516 · 09-11-2006, 05:36 PM

ln -s /usr/src/kernel-source-2.x.y /lib/modules/2.x.y-z-arch/build

you basically just create a shortcut pointing to your source and name it build

hannovergeist · 02-01-2007, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by rstein6516

I have installed the sources and untarred them. Are you saying I have to do a make in the source directory

how does man install kernel sources and untarr them. I use Fedora Core 6 and want to install Kernel Source
/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen/build . i have googled but i can not find out the answer

sorry for this question because i am newbie

and thanks you for your time