error executing the command dkms to build module

[adolfix]

This is what I obtain when I execute the command :

 

[root@192 adolfo]# dkms build -m madwifi

 

Error! Invalid number of parameters passed.

Usage: build -m <module> -v <module-version>

 

 

Then I added the version of the wifi module and I obtain this :

 

[root@192 adolfo]# dkms build -m madwifi -v 0.20040913-1mdk

 

Error! DKMS tree does not contain: madwifi-0.20040913-1mdk

Build cannot continue without the proper tree.

 

What Could I do ?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

I've never used dkms, but the manpage says:

build

    Builds the specified module/version combo for the specified kernel. If no kernel is specified it builds for the currently running kernel. All builds occur in the directory /var/dkms/<module>/<module-version>/build/.

 

So I would assume you need to put everything from your tarball into a new directory:

/var/dkms/madwifi/0.20040913-1mdk/build/

but I could be way off.

Edited May 24, 2005 by Steve Scrimpshire

[adolfix]

Thanks for your answer.

I execute the command : ls /var

and I did not see a folder dkms inside. Should I create it ?

What should I put in ?

What else should I do ?

 

I am new in linux.

Would you mind to tell me precisely (detailed) what I have to do ?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

Wow. Why do module developers have to do things the hard way now? lol

Try this. Open a console (the little tv-looking thing in your taskbar) and do all this (all the stuff I put inside <<>> is just an action or a comment...you don't actually type it literally):

 

su <<hit enter>>

<<type your root password and hit enter...you won;t see anything being typed>>

<<use the cd command to be inside your madwifi directory>>

mkdir /var/dkms

mkdir /var/dkms/madwifi/

mkdir /var/dkms/madwifi/0.20040913-1mdk/

mkdir /var/dkms/madwifi/0.20040913-1mdk/build/

cp -R * /var/dkms/madwifi/0.20040913-1mdk/build/

cd /var/dkms/madwifi/0.20040913-1mdk/build/

dkms build -m madwifi -v 0.20040913-1mdk

[adamw]

please don't do that.

 

Steve, we're helping the poster elsewhere (on the Club forums). His problem was basically due to not having the correct packages installed. You don't _always_ have to do this kind of stuff with dkms, we're only having to do it because things aren't working right. :)