Error with 'make'

zalmox · 09-04-2011, 04:39 PM

I downloaded the driver for my WiFi (Realtek RTL8188CE) and I'm trying to install it. The readme file says to run # make, which I did.

I get back this
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any ideas? Thank you.

smallpond · 09-04-2011, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zalmox

I downloaded the driver for my WiFi (Realtek RTL8188CE) and I'm trying to install it. The readme file says to run # make, which I did.

I get back this
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any ideas? Thank you.

Look about 3 lines earlier in what it printed and it will tell you what is wrong.
Either that or post all of what it printed, you've left off the useful part.

zalmox · 09-04-2011, 05:15 PM

Ooops, sorry... It says:

make[1]: Entering directory `/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build'
make: *** [all] Error 2

I don't know what "no rule to make target 'modules'" means.

Looking at the make file it seems it wants to create some new directories.

smallpond · 09-04-2011, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zalmox

Ooops, sorry... It says:

make[1]: Entering directory `/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build'
make: *** [all] Error 2

I don't know what "no rule to make target 'modules'" means.

Looking at the make file it seems it wants to create some new directories.

The makefile is trying to build a kernel module.
Unfortunately, you can't build a kernel module without the source to your kernel.
Try the command:

Code:

ls /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build/*

If that directory doesn't exist it means you need to install the kernel development environment for your distro: source or header files.

zalmox · 09-04-2011, 07:11 PM

I am not sure of what I need to download/install. I used Synaptic and under Kernel and modules I installed linux-headers-2.6-686, linux-source-2.6.32, kernel-package, but I still don't have anything under /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686. What else do I need??

frankbell · 09-04-2011, 10:11 PM

Try rerunning the compile; if it fails, post the relevant error messages.

Please remember to press the "Go Advanced" button below and surround them with "Code" tags.

zalmox · 09-04-2011, 10:48 PM

I did get a little further. I changed in Makefile the path to the Linux headers. I don't know if that's what it was looking for...but I did it. I ran make and it ran nicely all the way to the end, without any error messages. How can I verify that it ran successfully?

Then I ran make install, and this didn't work. It looked again for that same path that doesn't exist (which I change in Makefile). The old path is obviously somewhere else besides Makefile, but I don't know where.

zalmox · 09-04-2011, 11:08 PM

Yes, I did it !! There was another Makefile in a subdirectory of the driver directory. I changed in there the path to where my Linux headers are...and it worked. I sure got lucky.