Permission Denied
 

I will start off by apologizing for being a noob but... I am trying to install the wireless drivers to get my laptop up and running but i have to install a subsystem first. I am having problems doing so and am running into a permission denied error.


Here is the code
mac80211-10.0.4/origin/GIT
bash: mac80211-10.0.4/origin/GIT: Permission denied






This probably a simple problem but....

Looks like you're trying to execute a directory-name. If that GIT is a file, it probably doesn't have execute permissions. Doing a chmod 755 on it will fix that. If it's a directory, you want to do a:

cd ./mac80211-10.0.4/origin/GIT

Then run whatever command you want in that directory.

cd mac80211-10.0.4/origin/GIT
make
make install

(make sure gcc package is installed)

Make sure you have write permission to the directory you're untarring to. Become root, use sudo or untar somewhere in your home dir.

This is what happend next

root@HP-dv2000:/home/joshua# chmod 755 mac80211-10.0.4/origin/GIT
root@HP-dv2000:/home/joshua# mac80211-10.0.4/origin/GIT
mac80211-10.0.4/origin/GIT: line 1: cb00e99c0abd844b884c64c6b54aa3b7d345ebb1: command not found
root@HP-dv2000:/home/joshua#
root@HP-dv2000:/home/joshua#

Any ideas??


Thanks in advance.

Read the README file. Most sources have this file with instructions.

In the tarball you downloaded (mac80211-10.0.4.tgz) there is a file named "README"

Did you read it?

It explains how to install the package.

The file you tried to execute is a text file that contains a single line that looks like a hex string; it is not a a script.

Installing this package is going to be a lot more than just running a script.

I have read it about 9 times but it is not exact which is about all I can understand.


Here are my problems now.

NOTE: As of mac80211-2.0.0 you must also enable CONFIG_CFG80211 and rebuild your main kernel image. This is because the latest mac80211 changes re-implement the kernel built-in from net/core/wireless.c as part of the net/wireless/ sources.

How do I go about doing this?

for a n00b your getting into very deep water now.

what is required here is a change to your linux kernel. not a difficult task but some knowledge of what the essentials are is probably prudent.

basically the steps are:
1. install kernel source and header tree
2. install kernel development packages.
3. install compiler toolchain: gcc, make etc.
4. create a kernel conf file
5. edit the conf file , manually or with tools
6. rebuild
7. install new kernel and attach to GRUB menu.

the process can differ between distros (not sure which one you are using - you dont state this)

this topic is WIDELY documented on the internet and in numerous forums. google is your friend !!