Trying to install modem drivers and readme instructs the use of the 'make' command.

Can't seem to find this command?

Running Mandrake 8.2.

Help???

maybe you should first do a ./configure then check again for make if none is there look for a file like autogen.sh and do a ./autogen.sh then again a ./configure and a check for make if all doesnt work look for a file like ./setup.sh or else

I checked (via 'find' in Nautilus) for those .sh scripts. Can't find them. Are they likely to be located in a directory not accesable to the GUI?

a lot of programs don't use ./configure. what exactly happens when you do make?

ok please post the readme or install file there should be at least one in the folder or the install docs from the vendor

do u have the right rpms installed ?

synaptical:

I get the following:

bash: make: command not found


hulkt:

What the hell is an RPM? I see a lot of references to RPM's but nothing tha gives me a clue as to what they are, where I can find them, or what they do?


kasperhans:

Here are the instructions from the readme:

Prerequisites:

1. root access
2. bash shell to run install scripts
3. a 536EP modem
4. KERNEL SOURCE HEADERS FOR THE KERNEL YOU ARE RUNNING
(found on your distribution's CD)

6 steps to install

1. login as ROOT
2. extract the archive into a directory with "tar -zxvf <archivename>.tgz"
3. cd into the directory it created.
4. Type: make clean
5. Type: make 536ep
6. Type: make install-536ep
7. When you restart the computer,Tye: bash 536ep-inst

I have root access, a bash shell, and the modem, and I'm sure I have the Kernel Source Headers, but I wouldn't know them if I tripped over them.

The alternate install instruction read:

ATTENTION: if the driver compiles but the script just wont work for you.
Here are the bare minimum steps to get your modem to work.

0. log in as root.
1. insmod -f 536epcore.o
2. insmod -f 536ep.o
2a. you can start "hamregistry" at this point if you wish.
3. rm /dev/536ep
4. mknod /dev/536ep c 240 1 (note "240" is the default, if it does not
work see what /proc/devices says 536ep's major number is)
5. ln -s /dev/536ep /dev/modem
6. start a comm application like minicom and use the modem.
7. see section 3 (International Users) for info on setting the correct
country settings.

I've tried this as well, but I don't see a listing in the /proc/devices for my modem (or not one I recognize as being the modem). And I can't find minicomm on my system. Is it installed by default with the Mandrake 8.2 release or do I need to go download it?

Thanks for your help on this!

make command not found is a bad one -- it's beyond me. i would guess your base system is not installed properly, or is corrupted, or bash is broken, or something like that. maybe you need a C compiler. search for the phrase (make command not found) on google.com/linux and linuxquestions for fixes.

RPM stands for "Redhat Package Manager," which is a way of installing linux packages under red hat.

ok fist you need the kernel source and you dont have to make the driver it seems to already be made so just
6 steps to install

1. login as ROOT
2. extract the archive into a directory with "tar -zxvf <archivename>.tgz"
3. cd into the directory it created.
4. Type: make clean
5. Type: make 536ep
6. Type: make install-536ep
7. When you restart the computer,Tye: bash 536ep-inst

its all described in here so follow it and have fun

What do I do with the kernel source? And where do I find it?

And what do I do when I get to steps 4,5,6? This is the problem that started this thread.

kernel sources are avaible from your distribution or from kernel.org

you have to have a bunch of development packages installed to compile
stuff like what you are trying to do. nobody can tell you how to install all
that stuff,because you didn't put what distribution you are using. the
installing is different for each one. if you just now installed for the first time,
maybe try doing it over, and make sure to get all the development packages.
gnu's make is one.

whansard:

By distribution do you mean what version? I'm using Mandrake 8.2.

Does this give you enough infomation?

Thanks!

bingo.

you can try starting kpackage under kde, and try selecting packages
with devel in the name. you may want to wait for sombody that uses
mandrake as their main distro to tell you more specifically what to do.

yeah i cant help you out here because i never used mandrake as main distro sorry just tested it once