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Old 04-30-2008, 06:08 AM   #1
matelang
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Problem with make (Mandriva 2008 on HP dv2040tx)


Hi, I am a trying to configure wireless card Intel 3945ABG on my HP laptop.My kernel version is 2.6.22.9-laptop-1mdv.

Following are the steps I performed :
1. Confirmed mac80211 is working, tried modprobe mac80211 and no error occured.
2. Downloaded iwlwifi-1.2.25.gz and extracted folder in /lib/firmware.
3. And then the error occured as below ---

[root@localhost ~]# cd /lib/firmware/
[root@localhost firmware]# cd iwl
iwlwifi-1.2.25/ iwlwifi-1.2.25.gz iwlwifi-3945-ucode-2.14.1.5/ iwlwifi-3945-ucode-2.14.1.5.gz
[root@localhost firmware]# cd iwlwifi-1.2.25
[root@localhost iwlwifi-1.2.25]# make
bash: make: command not found


4. Then I installed 'make' package from the Mandriva 2008 dvd and tried again. Now this happened.
[root@localhost ~]# cd /lib/firmware/
[root@localhost firmware]# cd iwlwifi-1.2.25
[root@localhost iwlwifi-1.2.25]# make
Kernel Makefile not found at '/lib/modules/2.6.22.9-laptop-1mdv/source'
chmod: cannot access `compatible/*': No such file or directory
/bin/sh: line 2: compatible/kversion: No such file or directory

Makefile has been modified by generate_compatible, please run `make' again

make: *** [compatible/kversion] Error 1


Am I missing here something? Any help is appretiated. Thanks.
If needed, I can paste lsmod result.
 
Old 04-30-2008, 09:50 AM   #2
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You don't need to make anything.

Go to MCC, go to Install and Remove software and put in iwlwifi-3945-ucode. That will install the firware and it should just work.

In fact what you downloaded was, I think, the firmware. Did it have a .fw extension what was in the archive? If so, that's all you needs to put in the /lib/firmware directory. Any road up, you the installation file is in the repositories.

Last edited by DiBosco; 04-30-2008 at 09:52 AM.
 
Old 05-01-2008, 08:51 PM   #3
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Many thanks for the reply, but in add-remove software, I cant find the name iwlwifi-3945-ucode. Does it come with the standard package list?
 
Old 05-02-2008, 04:10 AM   #4
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According to my laptop it's in "Non-free (Official2008.1-9)"

I guess if you used One as the install medium it won't be in.

Any road up, have you set up the media manager? Also, have you use this:

http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/old/

This is great for setting up repositories. You might want to set-up the PLF stuff too.

When you get to step three, open a console, go to su, highlight the text in the box on the website below where it says "Type this in a console as root" and click the middle mouse button in the console. This will paste the highlighted text and load up all the extra repositories; when it comes to the last one, you'll need to hit enter.

Once you've done that just type in at the command line (might as well as you're already there):

urpmi wlwifi-3945-ucode

(You can always go back to MCC to add the package if you prefer.)

Hope that makes sense and helps.

Edit, just seen someone say it's in the Contrib repository, which I'm pretty sure you can do from Media manager in MCC.

Last edited by DiBosco; 05-02-2008 at 07:56 AM.
 
  


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