Thanks to Mr. HappyTux

I did do the install from module-assistant, and there is no rt2500.ko file in ../drivers/net.

Am continuing w/ my plan to get make menuconfig running in hopes it will set up a proper
build directory.

--Cheers

You would need to build exactly the kernel for it to work the headers installed should be enough if the link is correct that is what the m-a prepare does. If it did not then use something like this.

Then try compiling the driver again and you could try dpkg -l module_package_name.deb that was installed to see where it put the .ko module.

I wanted to let you all know how it worked out.

The original problem was that I could not get a kernel module for a new
wireless card to compile properly. The Makefile kept throwing errors stating
that the kernel source could not be found. After learning enough about modules
and kernel compilation, I realized that the Makefile was probably written for
a different distro, and so was looking in the wrong place for my kernel headers.

I actually had to edit the makefile to point it at the proper kernel-headers directory.
Then the compile worked and my wireless card works just fine!! Thanks for
helping me be sure that I had all the tools I needed so that I could trace my
problem down to a bad makefile.

I am slowly writing up a full driver install procedure that explains about compiling modules
using kernel headers.

I fixed my problem by fixing the makefile. Gory details are here

http://www.physics.nmt.edu/~rsonnenf...ink-2561-rt61/