Hi Seneca, I pretty much went through your systematic approach. I got stuck at point 5, and my errors are listed below.
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:11:45 -0400, Seneca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 12:51:24PM +0100, Werner Otto wrote: > > I am currently trying to get airodump to work with my Orinoco Gold > > wireless card. > > > > I need to patch my driver to get 'Monitor' mode enabled on it. > > > > I have been reading some docs and am still missing a few points, maybe > > because I haven't done it before, no excuse though :-) > > > > I have copied my patch to /lib/modules/2.6.8-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless > > > > ls - listing > [...modules...] > > my command: patch -p0 < orinoco-0.13b-patched.diff > > can't find file to patch at input line 4 > [...] > > At this stage I don't have a clue what to due.... I have tried -p1 and > > -p4 as mentioned in the man pages, but didn't work. > > > > What am I missing? > > The kernel source. Patches are applied to the kernel source, not the > compiled modules. I think you also may have the wrong patch for the > kernel. 2.6.8 would use the orinoco-0.13e patch. > > What you should probably do is: > 0) read documentation about building kernels > 1) download the kernel source > 2) install libc6-dev, libncurses5-dev, gcc, g++, make > 3) copy the patch to $SRCDIR/drivers/net/wireless > 4) cd $SRCDIR/drivers/net/wireless > 5) patch -p1 <orinoco-0.13e-patch.diff > 6) cd $SRCDIR > 7) make menuconfig > 8) make > 9) make modules_install > 10) copy the kernel to its destination > 11) configure bootloader > 12) reboot and test > > -- > Seneca > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Kind Regards Werner Otto 07818298666 02087423424 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
