Hi all

I try to install the driver

but got the message

make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/build: No such file or directory. Stop.

I install the linux-source but what I lack of?
Setting up linux-source-2.6.18 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2)

Thank you


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On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 04:04:49PM -0400, chloe K wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I try to install the driver
>
> but got the message
>
> make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
>
> I install the linux-source but what I lack of?
> Setting up linux-source-2.6.18 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2)
>

You need the linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686 package. You can use the
apt-file package to find which package containing a file.

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On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:04:49 -0400 (EDT)
chloe K <chloekcy2000@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I try to install the driver
>
> but got the message
>
> make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
>
> I install the linux-source but what I lack of?
> Setting up linux-source-2.6.18 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2)
>
> Thank you
>
>
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Install the kernel headers package, if this don't work then try intalling a package with similar name, it's easy, and try again.

Orestes


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chloe K wrote:
> make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
> I install the linux-source but what I lack of?

The build directory is a symlink that is installed if the source is
available. If the source is not available then the kernel deb
postinst script removes the symlink. There are ways to override this
behavior but generally it all works and does the right thing.

However installing the "linux-source-2.6.18" simply downloads and
installs the /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18.tar.bz2 file. It does not
do anything else such as unpacking it. Therefore it is not the same
as installing the linux-headers and does not create the build
symlink. You would need to do that yourself if it is needed.

> Setting up linux-source-2.6.18 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2)

Simplest is to install the linux kernel headers. The linux-headers
package will recreate the build symlink automatically in its post
install script.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Bob


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Hi Kushal

Thank you so much

What is the different linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686 and
linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686-bigmem - Header files for Linux 2.6.18 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 ?

ls it related to the memory?

If my machine has 4G memory, which one should I use?
I only want to have stable/reliable one. ls the first one better than the second one?

how about apt-file? I don't have idea how I can use?

Thank you again


Kushal Kumaran <kushal@it.iitb.ac.in> wrote: On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 04:04:49PM -0400, chloe K wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I try to install the driver
>
> but got the message
>
> make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
>
> I install the linux-source but what I lack of?
> Setting up linux-source-2.6.18 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2)
>

You need the linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686 package. You can use the
apt-file package to find which package containing a file.

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On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 08:55:28AM -0400, chloe K wrote:
> Hi Kushal
>
> Thank you so much
>
> What is the different linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686 and
> linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686-bigmem - Header files for Linux 2.6.18 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 ?
>
> ls it related to the memory?

>From the description of the linux-image-2.6.18-4-686-bigmem package:

This package provides the binary image and pre-built loadable modules
for Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Pentium Pro/Celeron/Pentium II/Pentium
III/Pentium 4 with 4-64G RAM machines.

You should use the linux-headers corresponding to the kernel package
that you use.

>
> If my machine has 4G memory, which one should I use?
> I only want to have stable/reliable one. ls the first one better than the second one?

The non-bigmem kernel works with upto 4G of memory. I don't know if
there's any advantage in using the bigmem kernel if you have 4G.
AFAIK, the non-bigmem kernel is compiled with the HIGMEM4G option, and
the bigmem kernel is compiled with HIGHMEM64G option, but I don't have
an i386 machine available to check right now.

>
> how about apt-file? I don't have idea how I can use?

Install the apt-file package:
aptitude install apt-file

Make it update its file lists:
apt-file update

Search away:
apt-file search /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-build

>
> Thank you again
>
>
> Kushal Kumaran <kushal@it.iitb.ac.in> wrote: On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 04:04:49PM -0400, chloe K wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I try to install the driver
> >
> > but got the message
> >
> > make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
> >
> > I install the linux-source but what I lack of?
> > Setting up linux-source-2.6.18 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2)
> >
>
> You need the linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686 package. You can use the
> apt-file package to find which package containing a file.
>

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