User Feedback :: you must include kernel-headers-2.4.26, damn!



i try to install driverloader (;inuxant) and this is whar appens:

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root@box:~# dpkg -i driverloader_2.29_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package driverloader.
(Reading database ... 23166 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking driverloader (from driverloader_2.29_i386.deb) ...
Removing old /usr/lib/driverloader
Setting up driverloader (2.29) ...
Linuxant DriverLoader for Wireless LAN devices, version 2.29

No pre-built modules for: Debian-3.1 linux-2.4.26 i686-SMP

Trying to automatically build the driver modules...
(this requires a C compiler and proper kernel sources to be installed)

Where is the linux source build directory that matches your running kernel?
[/lib/modules/2.4.26/build]

Building modules for kernel 2.4.26, using source directory
/lib/modules/2.4.26/build. Please wait...

ERROR: Module build failed!
Please examine the log file "/var/run/dldrconfig-buildlog.txt" to determine why.
dpkg: error processing driverloader (--install):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
driverloader
root@box:~#
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and here s the log......

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../modules/kernelcompiler.sh: gcc version 2.95.4 or similar is required to compile modules for your kernel
grep: /lib/modules/2.4.26/build/Makefile: No such file or directory
rm -rf *.o GPL/*.o *.ko GPL/*.ko *.mod.c GPL/*.mod.c .*.cmd GPL/.*.cmd .tmp_versions

FALSE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -o dldrmod.o dldrmod.c
make: *** [dldrmod.o] Error 1
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dunno....

to compile you need the gcc1.dsl file from the downloads section.  Once you get that file just do a mydsl-load gcc1.dsl  or mydsl-install gcc1.dsl.
Even easier, type " mydsl-load gcc1.dsl system " ,
and it should download and install automatically for you.

73
ke4nt

Here are some good tips for getting your adaptor working with ndiswrapper - http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-274220-highlight-usr5422.html
- especially the part about the Window$ driver upper-case/lower-case problem.

There is a dedicated prism54 USB driver at http://jbnote.free.fr/prism54usb/  ... but unfortunately it can only be compiled under the 2.6 kernel.  DSL has a 2.4 kernel.


original here.