madwifi - Makefile.inc:122: *** KERNELCONF: /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1372_FC3/build/.config does not exist.. Stop.

[Alex Janssen]

Craig White wrote:

>On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 15:37 -0400, Alex Janssen wrote:
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>>Craig White wrote:
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>>>On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 14:47 -0400, Alex Janssen wrote:
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>>>>Daniel Normolle wrote:
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>>>>>Alex Janssen wrote:
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>>>>>>Every time I've updated the kernel for Fedora Core 3,  I've had to 
>>>>>>rebuild madwifi to get wireless working again.  That's not the 
>>>>>>problem.  This time when I tried to rebuild, I got the subject error 
>>>>>>message when I ran make.  Anyone else tried this?  Anyone know how to 
>>>>>>fix it.  I obviously had all required packages installed in the past 
>>>>>>and the update process updated those packages.  This time I told it 
>>>>>>to update all packages and it finished successfully.  I couldn't find 
>>>>>>anything suitable in the archives for this list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>Alex
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>>>>>You need kernel-devel installed with FC3 2.6.12-1.1372 to
>>>>>compile madwifi.  This was not true in previous kernels.
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>>>>>dpn
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>>>>Which package should I dl for a 2.1GHZ Celeron?
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>>>>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3.i586.rpm
>>>>or 
>>>>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3.i686.rpm
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>>>why download?
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>>>yum install kernel kernel-devel
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>>>Craig
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>>I ended up dl'ing 
>>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/kernel-devel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3.i686.rpm
>>and madwifi then built and installed Ok.
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>>How would someone know they needed this new package when they had not 
>>needed it before?
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>read the release notes - see the part about adding kernel modules
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>Craig
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Craig,
I was looking in the release notes as you suggested.  I don't see any 
thing referring specifically to "adding kernel modules".  I'd like to 
read what you suggest, but I'm not sure I'm finding it.  Could you be 
more specific.  Maybe a text fragment to search for.

Thanks,
Alex