D-Link DWL 520 Wireless card

[Tim McGaha]

Tim McGaha wrote:

> sean bruno wrote:
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>> Do you have the kernel source RPM installed?
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>> On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 20:26, Tim McGaha wrote:
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>>> sean bruno wrote:
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>>>> You will need to copy your kernel config  file to your kernel source
>>>> directory:
>>>>
>>>> cp /usr/src/linux/config/<your kernel config file>
>>>> /usr/src/linux/.config
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 19:51, Tim McGaha wrote:
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>>>>> Ive racked my little brain all evening trying to get a DWL 520 
>>>>> wireless NIC card working on FC2 on my home machine.  I have been 
>>>>> trying a number of different things and just can't make any headway.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to install th hostap driver and I get these mesages.  
>>>>> I'm not sure how to configure the kernel for CONF_NET_RADIO
>>>>>
>>>>> root at TimsFC2 hostap-driver-0.2.0]# make
>>>>> Makefile:20: /usr/src/linux/.config: No such file or directory
>>>>> Makefile:38: WARNING: No kernel PCMCIA support found and 
>>>>> PCMCIA_PATH is not defined
>>>>> Makefile:45: WARNING: Linux wireless extensions, CONFIG_NET_RADIO, 
>>>>> not enabled in the kernel
>>>>> make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux/.config'.  Stop.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know an easier way to make a simple wireless NIC work?
>>>>>
>>>>>  
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>>> I don't see any /usr/src/linux/ directory
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>>> I see /usr/src/redhat, debug, and hostapdriver
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> I guess not.  It doesn't show it installed when I look at what 
> synaptic tells me.  Should it be the source for the kernel I and 
> booting with?  I know, stupid question.  I'm a real newbie but I'm not 
> completely clueless.  I am egar to learn as much as possible.
>
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uname -r tells me 

> 2.6.5-1.326