Problems installing wireless driver for Intel ProWireless 3945 and ieee subsystem

[shednik]

Im running a Dell Inspiron E1405 and Fedora Core 5. trying to install the wireless drivers for the Intel Pro wireless drivers. Im instructed first to install the lastest ieee80211 subsystem. I download that and being to take care of that extract the files and then enter the terminal and here's the error i encounter

[joe@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost joe]# cd /
[root@localhost /]# cd home
[root@localhost home]# cd joe
[root@localhost joe]# cd Desktop
[root@localhost Desktop]# cd wireless
[root@localhost wireless]# cd ieee80211-1.1.13
[root@localhost ieee80211-1.1.13]# make
Checking in /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp for ieee80211 components...
find: /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp/build/: No such file or directory
egrep: /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp/build//.config: No such file or directory
egrep: /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp/build//include/linux/autoconf.h: No such file or directory
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp/build M=/home/joe/Desktop/wireless/ieee80211-1.1.13 modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [modules] Error 2
[root@localhost ieee80211-1.1.13]#

Any input or suggestions as to what i need to do guys??

[Iron_Mike]

Try:

#yum install kernel-devel


Then you will need to remove the old iee80211 modules. There should be a remove-old.sh script file included with the new version

Then try to compile the iee80211 subsystem

[maolu]

Originally Posted by Iron_Mike

Try:

#yum install kernel-devel


Then you will need to remove the old iee80211 modules. There should be a remove-old.sh script file included with the new version

Then try to compile the iee80211 subsystem

I have the same problem.
When i tryed #yum install kernel-devel I got an error saying it cannot find some "base url"...

I odnt have any connection but wireless one and I cannot install my wireless card with FC5 on
my Dell Precision M90.

Any suggestions?

[as you may have noticed, i'm a complete Linux newbie ]

Thx a lot

[shednik]

ok so i've installed the new kernel but the subsystem seems to be looking for an older version how cna i change that?

[Iron_Mike]

Originally Posted by shednik

ok so i've installed the new kernel but the subsystem seems to be looking for an older version how cna i change that?

su to root , change to the ieee80211 directory, type ./remove-old
answer yes to remove modules, then install the new module and reboot

[oldschl2000]

I'm getting the same error even when I try to remove the older modules. It seems there is a broken link in the buld file. Is there another location is should be pointing to?

[root@localhost ieee80211-1.1.14]# su root ./remove-old
Checking in /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2139_FC5smp for ieee80211 components...
find: /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2139_FC5smp/build/: No such file or directory
egrep: /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2139_FC5smp/build//.config: No such file or directory
egrep: /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2139_FC5smp/build//include/linux/autoconf.h: No such file or directory
find: /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2139_FC5smp/build/: No such file or directory

[treak007]

i too have the same problem. I already installed the kernel-devel, yet I still get the same error. Any suggestions?

[treak007]

well, I fixed that part of mine, I installed the wrong devel kernel. But I now get stuck on the next step of the install. Whenever I attempt to install the intel drivers, the make exits with errors.

[dunc]

whenever i get this problem i just ditch the kernel that came with the distro and build my own, after that it seems to work fine...