Problem while installing HostAp

[Sophal Sun]

hmmm

no idea , myself I am using 2.4.25_pre7 kernel provide with gentoo  :/

may be it's better to use a clean kernel  ???
Do you use this kernel for an other service ?
Your system will be dedicace to hostap ?





sureshbabu a ?crit :

> Dear Sophal,
> When I tried to run the make command in the hostap-driver-0.2.0 
> directory, I am getting two errors:
>
> make[2]:*** 
> [/usr/src/build/229371-i386/install/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-6/fs/jfs/jfs_debug.h] 
> Error 1
> make[1]: leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-6'
> make[1]: *** [tmp_include_depends] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-6'
> make: *** [2.4] Error 2
>
> Do you have any idea of these errors.
>
>
> Sophal Sun wrote:
>
>> I don't know if it's possible to remove the hostap but
>> I use to do like this .
>>
>> delette Hostap + pcmcia directory ,
>>
>> then decompress again the both archive and
>>
>>
>>
>> Cd hostap-driver-0.2.0
>>
>> just type make .
>>
>> ( don't  modify the Makefile  )
>>
>>
>>
>> then copy all you need on the pcmcia-cs-3.2.7 directory
>>
>>
>>
>> So on Hostap-0.2.0 directory
>> cp hostap.mk /usr/src/pcmcia-cs-3.2.7
>>
>>
>>
>> cd etc
>>
>> cp * /usr/src/pcmcia-cs-3.2.7/etc
>>
>>
>>
>> cd ..
>>
>> cd modules
>>
>> rm Makefiles  ( you have to remove the Makefile under Modules directory)
>>
>> cp * /usr/src/pcmcia-cs-3.2.7/modules
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Then go to you Pcmcia-cs-3.2.7 directory
>>
>> for me :    /usr/src/pcmcia-cs-3.2.7
>>
>>
>>
>> make config
>>
>>
>>
>> make all
>>
>> make install
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> sureshbabu a ?crit :
>>
>>> Dear Sophal,
>>> I don't know how to remove the present installation of hostap . Can 
>>> you help me so that i can start from the beginning. (I'm new to 
>>> linux as well as wifi )
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Suresh
>>>
>>> Sophal Sun wrote:
>>>
>>>> I recommend you to don't modify the path in the Hostap Makefile .
>>>> Just run the make , then copy the files to the PCMCIA directory , 
>>>> and compile it as usual .
>>>>
>>>> It work better for me like that ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> sureshbabu a ?crit :
>>>>
>>>>> I didn't copy the file into my pcmcia directory. I run the make 
>>>>> command directly in my hostap directory. I saw two options in 
>>>>> building and installing hostap in the link
>>>>> "http://hostap.epitest.fi/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/hostap/README?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain" 
>>>>> and followed the first option.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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