Error installing prism drivers in knoppix 3.4
 

i untared the tar ball for the prism 2 driver...ran make config and make all fine, but when i ran make install i got this as the outcome:

root@box:~/Desktop/wirelessnetwork/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre4# make install
find . -name .depend -exec rm {} \;
set -e; for d in src doc man etc; do make -C $d install ; done
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/wirelessnetwork/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre4/src'
set -e; for d in p80211 prism2 shared wlanctl wland nwepgen mkmeta wlancfg; do make -C $d install ; done
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/wirelessnetwork/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre4/src/p80211'
mkdir -p file:/root/Desktop/linuxkernel/linux-2.4.26/lib/modules//net
cp p80211.o file:/root/Desktop/linuxkernel/linux-2.4.26/lib/modules//net
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/wirelessnetwork/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre4/src/p80211'
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/wirelessnetwork/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre4/src/prism2'
mkdir -p file:/root/Desktop/linuxkernel/linux-2.4.26/etc/wlan
cp shared.prism2 file:/root/Desktop/linuxkernel/linux-2.4.26/etc/wlan
mkdir -p file:/root/Desktop/linuxkernel/linux-2.4.26/etc/wlan/
for x in *.hex ; do \
cp $x file:/root/Desktop/linuxkernel/linux-2.4.26/etc/wlan//prism2_`echo $x |
/bin/sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
/bin/sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
make[2]: *** [install] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/wirelessnetwork/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre4/src/prism2'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/wirelessnetwork/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre4/src'
make: *** [install] Error 2
root@box:~/Desktop/wirelessnetwork/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre4#




please if anyone can help, i need an internet connection soon in linux...

The wlan-ng driver is already installed with Knoppix. What card are you using and what worked/didn't work before you tried to install new drivers?

i have a siemans wireless usb adapter (prism 2 chipset)

i have a small wireless home network setup with windows xp on 4 computers, but i am trying to add this computer with knoppix on it....cant get it to work...its getting pretty frustrating

The Prism2 stuff seems to be pretty well-supported in my experience, but I haven't fooled with USB. Is the driver loaded? What is the output of iwconfig. Of ifconfig?

the output of iwconfig is:

root@box:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.


the output of ifconfig is:


root@box:~# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:300 (300.0 b) TX bytes:300 (300.0 b)



thanx for all the help