another newbie with Kernel compile problems
 

Hi, I just installed SUSE 9.1 and I am trying to install my linksys WPC54G network card. I found out that I need to use ndiswrapper but I need to compile my kernel before I can get ndiswrapper installed. I have kernel 2.6.5-7. The following is what the source I was using instructed me to do:
Installation
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1. Compile and install
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As root run

> make install

This should compile both the kernel module and the userspace utilities.
when I type in this command I get this:
linux:/lib/modules/2.6.5-7.108-default # make install
bash: make: command not found

please help me I have tried everything that I know of(which isnt much) any help will be greatly appreciated
thanks

Have you managed to configure the kernel with make config (or an equivalent) yet (i.e. has any make command worked for you)? If not, make sure that you have make installed -- if you have SuSE 9.1 personal the software development tools are not included, but there are many threads here detailing how to install them. If make worked before but has stopped working, make sure your PATH environment variable contains the directory make is in.

If you have 9.1 personal you'll need:

gcc
make
binutils
glibc-devel

Don't make life even more difficult for yourself, (like I did), by downloading the source for gcc and trying to compile it yourself - this is hard because gcc is itself the compiler. Chicken and egg. Instead, go to the suse ftp site here and download the appropriate rpm(s) (pre-packaged software) which you install using SuSE's YAST tool. Open the rpm(s) in Konquerer and simply click on 'Yast Install'.

Ok, thanks, I installed all the necessary tools, but now i have another problem when I try any command i get this:
linux:/lib/modules/2.6.5-7.108-default # make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
linux:/lib/modules/2.6.5-7.108-default # make configure
make: *** No rule to make target `configure'. Stop.
Please help
thanks

sounds like you are running those make rules in the wrong directory.

The /lib/modules/version dir is where the compiled modules will be.

If you ar3e compiling the kernel you shud be in /usr/src/linux. I may be way off, since I didnt thoroughly read the thread, but I don't recall a Makefile being in the module\s directory.

nope the only file i found in : usr/src was pakages thers no linux in there

You are going to have to start from the beginning http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache...suse+9.1&hl=en one of the first things you do is ln -s <new kernel-source> linux

Ok thanks ill give it a try