ORBIT-USER: not able to complile madwifi

[Mesut Ali Ergin]

Hi Nath,

Usual convention when asking for assistance on errors like this is (more 
or less)

- pasting the complete error output to the mail
- specifying versions of any software that can affect the error (kernel, 
compiler, make tools, erroneous software itself etc.)
- explaining the procedure to get the error (to be able to reproduce the 
same error you have observed)

For your specific case, however, it was simple because the error you saw 
was already telling you the reason and what to do:

Makefile.inc:89: *** /lib/modules/2.6.17-2-686/build is missing, please 
set KERNELPATH.  Stop.

So, the short answer is: Console is used to control the sandbox, it is 
not the right place to develop/compile code for the node itself. So, try 
compiling on the node. If you get the same error, you just need to 
install the kernel source (or at least headers) from our apt repository.

Hope it helps,

--
MAE


D Nath wrote:
>> hi
> thanks for ur reply. I typed the 'make' command after going
> to the madwifi directory. I got a error message something
> like 'unable to build'.  
> 
> (I had stored the madwifi directory in the directory that
> has the same name as my user name in the sanbox.)
> 
> Regards
> D Nath
> 
>> Please provide some information as to what the error is
>> and when you  encounter it.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> --
>> MAE
>>
>> D Nath wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am not able to build the madwifi code in  sandbox1.
>>> Can any body let me know the reason.thanks
>>>
>>> with regards
>>> D.Nath
>>


-- 
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