Trying to compile ndiswrapper and I am getting the error

Makefile:24: *** Kernel tree not found - please et KBUILD to configured kernel.

Stop

Make[1]: Leave directory '/root/Desktop/ndiswrapper=1.51/driver'
make: ***[Install] Error 2


I am a little new to linux still, I read that I needed the kernel source which i downloaded and dunno what to do from there (Nothing ever said what the next step was lol) so umm, Yea help is awesome Thanks ^_^

There are instructions in the Release Notes for Fedora 8 for getting the kernel source:

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/releas...sn-Kernel.html

Once you get the kernel source set up you may still need to set the KBUILD environment variable to point to the installed kernel source directory if the ndiswrapper makefile is not defaulting to the right one.

so...since it really dosn't say what exactly to do I'm guessing I go to kernel.org and download the full source of 2.6.23.14????? (just a little confused because the kernel im in is 2.6.23.1-42??, Sorry for any frustration be nice =(

Well, the release notes actually don't go through the step by step, but rather point to a wiki page that does:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel

This goes through all the steps needed to build a custom kernel, including getting the source installed on your local system. Of course, if you just need the source, you don't need to proceed with the build.

Before that, however, check that you need the full kernel sources and not just the kernel headers. A quick check of the ndiswrapper install info (http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/j...,installation/) suggests you only need the kernel headers for this, which is much easier:

yum install kernel-headers

should work here.

OK ill try that, Also, I dont quite understand what i need to install nvidia drivers >.> I can get it to 88% of it compliling its own source install before it quits out and says no

EDIT - ran yum install kernel-headers and it kicked back saying they are already installed.