Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: How to compile in Debian?
On 8/25/05, Teilhard Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Suppose you want to compile your drivers for your wireless adapter, which
is
what I actually want to do. If I am not mistaken, I need a build symbolic
link in "uname -r" to the kernel-source, and I need a linux symbolic link
from /usr/src where to the kernel source too, which also resides there.
Now, uname -r is for me: 2.6.8-2-686-smp, and the kernel source for a
2.6.8
in the distribution only is found with Debian version 16 (2.6.8-16). Are
the
kernel source and my kernel compatible?
Well, I am a newbie in Debian, and I am translating the little I know
about
Mandrake. First think that called my attention was that after a fresh
install of Debian, the directory /usr/src, was empty.
I would appreciate any help you can give me to compile my drivers. And
yes,
I have Googled but without luck.
apt-get install module-assistant
m-a prepare
That'll install the right kernel headers for you.
Thank you very much. I did as you said, but when I issue the command "m-a
prepare", I get the warning: "/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8 seems to contain
unconfigured kernel source". Is that bad?, and if so, how can I configure my
kernel source? I know how to configure the kernel, but not the kernel
source. I aborted and still the program installed the package "build
essential". I issued the command again and the warning keeps coming up.
Could you tell me what to do?. Thanks.
Teilhard.
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