Guest DJRumpy Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 (edited) I'm attempting to install the mac80211 subsystem package ( http://intellinuxwireless.org/index.php?p=...=HOWTO-mac80211 ). I downloaded it, unpacked it, and attempted to run the command as shown in the HOWTO. I keep getting the following error: [ron@localhost Desktop]$ mac80211-9.0.3/origin/GIT bash: mac80211-9.0.3/origin/GIT: Permission denied [ron@localhost Desktop]$ I need this to get the Intel Wireless drivers working (for an Intel 4965 card) and the above package is a pre-req. Any suggestions on what I might be doing wrong? Edited August 4, 2007 by DJRumpy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Maybe you don't have permission to access it. Try again as root. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DJRumpy Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Maybe you don't have permission to access it. Try again as root. I should have noted that I was SU'd to root. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 [ron@localhost Desktop]$ mac80211-9.0.3/origin/GITbash: mac80211-9.0.3/origin/GIT: Permission denied [ron@localhost Desktop]$ Shouldn't then be "[root@localhost Desktop]"? This is a bit confusing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DJRumpy Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Shouldn't then be "[root@localhost Desktop]"?This is a bit confusing... No idea. I'm somewhat new to Linux. I did the following: SU Root I put in my root password, and then ran the command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 No, just type "su" (no quotes), and then your password. It should look like this: [mladen@Demon ~]$ suPassword: [root@Demon mladen]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 To try to make it easy to understand, you're not root (or have root privileges) until you have a # instead of a $ at the console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 (edited) Anyway, you're doing the wrong thing. mac80211-9.0.3/origin/GIT isn't a command you're supposed to run. It's some output that will be displayed. The whole quote is this: % wget \ http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/dow...80211-9.0.3.tgz % tar xvf mac80211-9.0.3.tgz mac80211-9.0.3/origin/GIT mac80211-9.0.3/origin/net/mac80211/Makefile ... % cd mac80211-9.0.3 % make Building modified version in 'modified/' directory: Copying modified/ from origin/...done Applying patches and scripts from pending/. + Applying: pending/14-d46...0bb780bba2b5db.patch ... % make patch_kernel <-- You need to be root for this Patching from compatible/ to /lib/modules/2.6.18-gentoo-r6/build/: + Replaced 43 files. ... Only the bits with a % symbol in front are commands you have to run. The rest is just output that's expected: the author included it so you can make sure the right stuff is happening (if you don't see the same output, something's wrong). The only actual commands are these: wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/dow...80211-9.0.3.tgz tar xvf mac80211-9.0.3.tgz cd mac80211-9.0.3 make make patch_kernel (you should become root with 'su' before doing the last one). What you're trying to do, BTW, is rather advanced stuff and as a new Linux user you're likely to have trouble with it. Have you tried using ndiswrapper to get your card working? That would be a lot easier. Edited August 4, 2007 by adamw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DJRumpy Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 I tried NDISWrapper. I doesn't work with the windows INF's. I get various errors from firmware not present to other issues. I'm not PC illiterate, just new to linux. I'll give the above a try. You'd think with the scripting capabilities of linux, that someone would simply write a script to do these manual steps. Seems like they make Linux out to be much more difficult than it has to be for the beginner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DJRumpy Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Ok, I made a bit more progress until I tried to run the patch_kernel [root@localhost mac80211-9.0.3]# make patch_kernel Patching from compatible/ to /lib/modules/2.6.21.5-1mdvsmp/source/: cp: setting attributes for `/lib/modules/2.6.21.5-1mdvsmp/source/include/net/wireless.h': Operation not supported Copy failed. make: *** [patch_kernel] Error 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DJRumpy Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Anyone have a suggestion on something to try from here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 (edited) Anyone have a suggestion on something to try from here? No, not really... unless you specify exact Linux distro and kernel version. It seems that you're using Mandriva Cooker (hence the "2.6.21.5-1mdvsmp" tag), but nobody will assure you of a safe method compiling and installing under Cooker... There are some other, errr... "noob friendly" Linux distros, but Cooker is certainly not one of them. Edited August 5, 2007 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DJRumpy Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 No, not really... unless you specify exact Linux distro and kernel version. It seems that you're using Mandriva Cooker (hence the "2.6.21.5-1mdvsmp" tag), but nobody will assure you of a safe method compiling and installing under Cooker...There are some other, errr... "noob friendly" Linux distros, but Cooker is certainly not one of them. Mandriva Spring 2007.1 I started off with 2.6.13, and upgrade the kernel to 2.6.21.5-1 mdv smp. I'm not sure specifically what information you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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