Error when trying to install wireless driver using "make" in FC12
Hi,
The relevant details of my setup are: Samsung R522 laptop Realtek RTL8192E wireless network controller (PCI) Fedora 12, kernel 2.6.32.9-70.fc12.i686 (automatically updated using software update) OK, my problem is that my wireless card has never worked - basically there aren't any widely available linux drivers, and there are many threads on getting the RTL8192E to work on many different forums, e.g. here, but none specifically for Fedora, so I think that this thread could potentially help many more users. FYI, my hardwired network connection works perfectly. Fantastically however, by emailing Realtek support, they'll send you their Linux driver, which most people have claimed works perfectly (although why they haven't just put it on their website is beyond me). SO, I've got a Linux driver for my wireless card. PROBLEM: When Realtek emailed me to send me the driver, they said to just 'cd' into the driver directory, then do Quote:
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Please can someone help me to overcome this error, and install my wireless driver so I can get wireless network access on my Fedora 12 operating system. I've found Fedora 12 really easy to use so far, but this is proving quite hard! If you need any more info, please ask! Thanks in advance for anyones help! EDIT: This is the output of 'ls -lh' in the folder which seems to be causing the error, namely /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-70.fc12.i686/ Quote:
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Firstly the make orders are in the wrong order, they should be
make make install make clean Secondly, the directory /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-70.fc12.i686/build is a link to /usr/src/kernels/2.6.32.9-70.fc12.i686 What have you got in /usr/src/kernels/2.6.32.9-70.fc12.i686 ? Try running the command the right way around. You may need to install kernel-devel rpm -q kernel-devel if not installed then yum install kernel-devel |
Hi, thanks for the reply.
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The result of 'rpm -q kernel-devel' is Quote:
Thanks again for your help. |
You did not list
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32.9-70.fc12.i686 you listed /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-70.fc12.i686/ Install kernel-devel and see if it works. |
Sorry, right you are!
There is no file or folder /usr/src/kernels/2.6.32.9-70.fc12.i686 . In fact, the folder /usr/src/kernels/ is empty. I'll update what happens when I install kernel-devel in a few hours when I've had chance to do it. Thanks again for your help! |
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It's always good to run `clean` before doing a fresh `make`. If you want to clean the build-output area once you're all done, fine, but clean it before building in it, if it has been built before. Sasha |
SUCCESS!
I'm now surfing wire free! Many, many thanks smoker - I know it was probably quite obvious to some users, but something like installing kernel-devel would never had occured to me. Also, big thanks to Realtek for supplying the driver - if anyone needs to get hold of this particular driver from Realtek, just email them at wlanfae [AT] realtek.com - they sent me the driver, free of charge, within literally 12 hours. Quote:
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No problem, glad I could help.
Can you mark this thread as Solved for the benefit of others ? |
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