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[Andre den Oudsten <AdenOudsten@xxxxxx>]

David C. Rankin schreef:
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> Andre,
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>       I think I know what the problem is. You may have been bitten by the same
> thing. If it is, we will have your wireless running in 5 minutes. First, you
> will need to install make. IIRC you don't have that installed. So first as 
> root:
>
> zypper in make cmake automake unsermake
>
>       To confirm the problem I suspect, as root do:
>
> cd /usr/src/linux
> make mrproper
>
>       If you get something like this:
>
> 22:58 alchemy/usr/src/linux] # make mrproper
> make: *** No rule to make target `mrproper'.  Stop.
>   
I got: 
make: gcc: Opdracht niet gevonden (Command not found)


I interpreted it as 'Problem confirmed' and went on 

>       Problem confirmed. To fix the link problem, as root do:
>
> cd /usr/src
>
>       The next are all ONE-LINE commands so make sure you copy them as one 
> line.
> What I do is just copy from the email to kedit, then you can make it one-line
> and then copy the confirmed one-line from kedit and paste it in the command 
> line:
>
> if [[ -d linux-2.6.25.18-0.2 ]]; then ln -s linux-2.6.25.18-0.2 linux; else
> echo "SOURCE NOT FOUND"; fi
>
>
> if [[ -d linux-2.6.25.18-0.2-obj ]]; then ln -s linux-2.6.25.18-0.2-obj
> linux-obj; else echo "SOURCE-OBJ NOT FOUND"; fi
>
>   
I got:
ln: symbolische koppeling './linux-2.6.25.18-0.2-obj' aanmaken: Bestand bestaat 
al
bash: linux-obj: command not found

and went while the link exist 

>       If you get the NOT FOUND messages, then stop and post back to the list. 
> If the
> sym links are created, then as root:
>
> cd linux
> make mrproper
>   
and here again

I got: 
make: gcc: Opdracht niet gevonden (Command not found)

So I have to wait a while before I can skin that cat!!!
(Thanks for your sustaining support!!!) 

>       If that works this time, then:
>
> make cloneconfig > /dev/null 2>&1
> make modules_prepare
> make clean
>
>       Then install madwifi from the rpms and I will (almost) guarantee you 
> your
> problem is solved.
>
>       If I'm right, what happened is the last kernel update failed to update 
> the
> needed links in /usr/src to point to the latest kernel source and object
> directories when the kernel was updated from 2.6.25.16-0.1 to 2.6.25.18-0.2.
> This prevented the post-install scripts in the madwifi rpms from being able to
> compile the ath_pci.ko kernel module needed to make your wireless work. 
> Meaning
> you were doing everything correctly to install madwifi, but were prevented 
> from
> doing so by 2 (two) little sym links in /usr/src. If this is confirmed, then
> please add your comments to the bug I opened:
>
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444912
>
>       We'll skin this cat yet!
>
>
>   

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