[kyle7119]

I am using these instructions to make my wireless card work with Ubuntu with linux. I am having problems during this step:

We now need to compile and install the driver:
#cd usb
#make
#sudo make install

I think these problems are becuase I haven't build/configured the kernel. What are the command lines to do this in Ubuntu?

[cancon]

What error message are you getting? Please copy and paste everything in terminal in your next post.

[kyle7119]

please give me some time to post back with the answer. I uninstall linux the other day becasue I couldn't use the wireless. I'll reinstall it and post the error message once I go through the process agian. While I am doing that, could you please answer my original question too. Thanks

[cancon]

Well, the driver you are trying to install needs compiling, the same as you posted above, and then you need to type modprobe drivername, and that should be it.

[kyle7119]

I cannot get through the "make" part though

[cancon]

i need to see the error to know why. It could be a variety of different reasons.

[kyle7119]

Ok, please give me a few days to get Ubuntu back up and running again. I have homework that I need to be doing right now. I will private message you when I have posted my error message here.

[kyle7119]

here is the command line that I run and the error message that I get

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cd usb
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/usb$ make
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic M=/home/ubuntu/usb KERNELRELEASE=2.6.27-7-generic modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic'
CC [M] /home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.o
In file included from /home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:90:
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.h: In function ‘orinoco_spin_unlock’:
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.h:188: warning: ‘__raw_spin_unlock’ is static but used in inline function ‘orinoco_spin_unlock’ which is not static
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.h:188: warning: ‘raw_local_irq_enable’ is static but used in inline function ‘orinoco_spin_unlock’ which is not static
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c: In function ‘orinoco_translate_scan’:
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:3975: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘iwe_stream_add_event’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:3975: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘iwe_stream_add_event’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:3975: warning: passing argument 4 of ‘iwe_stream_add_event’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:3975: error: too few arguments to function ‘iwe_stream_add_event’
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:3985: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘iwe_stream_add_point’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:3985: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘iwe_stream_add_point’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:3985: warning: passing argument 4 of ‘iwe_stream_add_point’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:3985: error: too few arguments to function ‘iwe_stream_add_point’
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:3995: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘iwe_stream_add_event’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:3995: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘iwe_stream_add_event’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:3995: warning: passing argument 4 of ‘iwe_stream_add_event’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:3995: error: too few arguments to function ‘iwe_stream_add_event’
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4005: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘iwe_stream_add_event’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4005: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘iwe_stream_add_event’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4005: warning: passing argument 4 of ‘iwe_stream_add_event’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4005: error: too few arguments to function ‘iwe_stream_add_event’
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4019: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘iwe_stream_add_event’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4019: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘iwe_stream_add_event’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4019: warning: passing argument 4 of ‘iwe_stream_add_event’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4019: error: too few arguments to function ‘iwe_stream_add_event’
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4028: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘iwe_stream_add_point’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4028: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘iwe_stream_add_point’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4028: warning: passing argument 4 of ‘iwe_stream_add_point’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4028: error: too few arguments to function ‘iwe_stream_add_point’
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4053: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘iwe_stream_add_value’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4053: warning: passing argument 4 of ‘iwe_stream_add_value’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4053: warning: passing argument 5 of ‘iwe_stream_add_value’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.c:4053: error: too few arguments to function ‘iwe_stream_add_value’
make[2]: *** [/home/ubuntu/usb/orinoco.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/ubuntu/usb] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

[kyle7119]

Try following the instructions in *markds*'s post here (http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=31051).

[cancon]

Yeah I realised it was the wrong driver