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OK, it should be fairly straightforward to get this installed. You're going to be building a kernel module, so you need to have the kernel source code installed for your running kernel. If you're running a stock kernel, the source package should be on your install disc or at your favorite repository if you haven't installed it already. Download one of the packages and unpack the tarball (tar zxvf acerhk-0.5.35.tgz or tar xjvf acerhk-0.5.35.tar.bz2 depending on which you download). Then drop into the directory that gets created and read the INSTALL file. The instructions seem to be pretty reasonable to follow. About the only hard-to-follow step is where you set KERNELSRC, but that is actually pretty easy:
Okay ummm... Something simple, probably... but I'm gettin' lots of "no such file or directory" message when it "make" it...
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david@david-laptop:~/Desktop/acerhk-0.5.35$ sudo make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/build SUBDIRS= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:107:23: error: sys/types.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:108:22: error: sys/stat.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:109:22: error: sys/mman.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:110:20: error: unistd.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:111:19: error: fcntl.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:112:20: error: string.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:113:20: error: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:114:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include/syslimits.h:7,
from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include/limits.h:11,
from scripts/basic/fixdep.c:115:
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include/limits.h:122:61: error: limits.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:116:19: error: ctype.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:117:23: error: arpa/inet.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘usage’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:131: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘fprintf’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:131: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘fprintf’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:131: error: ‘stderr’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:131: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:131: error: for each function it appears in.)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:132: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘exit’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:132: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘exit’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘print_cmdline’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:140: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘printf’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:140: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘printf’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: At top level:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:143: error: ‘NULL’ undeclared here (not in a function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘grow_config’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:156: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘realloc’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:156: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:158: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘perror’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:158: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘exit’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘is_defined_config’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:174: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘memcmp’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘define_config’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:187: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘memcpy’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:187: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘memcpy’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘use_config’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:206: error: ‘PATH_MAX’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:214: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘memcpy’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:220: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘tolower’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:222: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘printf’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:206: warning: unused variable ‘s’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: At top level:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:225: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘parse_config_file’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:227: error: ‘len’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:233: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘ntohl’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:244: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘isalnum’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘strrcmp’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:261: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘strlen’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:261: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strlen’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘do_config_file’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:272: error: storage size of ‘st’ isn’t known
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:276: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘open’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:276: error: ‘O_RDONLY’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:278: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘fprintf’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:278: error: ‘stderr’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:280: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘exit’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:282: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘fstat’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:284: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘close’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:287: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘mmap’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:287: error: ‘PROT_READ’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:287: error: ‘MAP_PRIVATE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:287: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:294: error: too many arguments to function ‘parse_config_file’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:296: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘munmap’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:272: warning: unused variable ‘st’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: At top level:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:301: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘parse_dep_file’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:304: error: ‘len’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:306: error: ‘PATH_MAX’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:308: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘strchr’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:308: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strchr’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:310: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘fprintf’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:310: error: ‘stderr’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:311: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘exit’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:313: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘memcpy’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:314: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘printf’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:306: warning: unused variable ‘s’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘print_deps’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:343: error: storage size of ‘st’ isn’t known
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:347: error: ‘O_RDONLY’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:349: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘fprintf’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:349: error: ‘stderr’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:351: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘exit’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:355: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘fprintf’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:359: error: ‘PROT_READ’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:359: error: ‘MAP_PRIVATE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:359: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:366: error: too many arguments to function ‘parse_dep_file’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:343: warning: unused variable ‘st’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘traps’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:378: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘fprintf’
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:378: error: ‘stderr’ undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:380: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘exit’
make[2]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1
make[1]: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
make: *** [acerhk.ko] Error 2
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Maybe this is a sign I should just read a good book, get outdoors maybe...
Last edited by superdave7380; 04-21-2008 at 07:53 PM.
Maybe this is a sign I should just read a good book, get outdoors maybe...
I was afraid this might happen. The acerhk site warns that the code is no longer maintained, and it looks like it was last modified in 2005. That probably means that the code is incompatible with newer kernels and/or gcc versions. So unless that good book is a C++ tutorial (and that might violate all known definitions of "good book"), then I'm afraid this approach isn't going to work. Linux has just evolved too much in the last three years.
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