Messin with the drivers for a HSP56 Micromodem...

[McBane]

I was wondering if anyone knew what packages i had to install so that i can finish up "makin" the drivers from the tar...Im Using Suse 8.1 and here the output:

linux:~/bin/pctel-0.9.6 # ./configure --with-hal=pct789
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... no
checking build driver for... HAL_PCT789
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... none
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) no
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gawk... (cached) gawk
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h usability... no
checking /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h presence... no
checking for /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h... no
configure: error: modversions.h is missing - you should configure your kernel first!


I was told to install kernel-headers...i tried a search under Yast and nothing came up....Help is VERY MUCH appreciated. Thanks.

[JimH]

configure: error: modversions.h is missing - you should configure your kernel first!

It looks like the kernel source is installed. The kernel is just not configured (see the above error message). Suse does still use RPM?

Try this:

rpm -qa | grep kernel

This from another thread on compiling a network module, but it is for Red Hat. It will at least give you an idea of what you will need to do. This is just an example.

cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14
make mrproper

cp configs/kernel-2.4.18-athlon.config .config

Open /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/Makefile in a text editor. Remove the word custom at the end of the "EXTRAVERSION" line

VERSION = 2
PATCHLEVEL = 4
SUBLEVEL = 18
EXTRAVERSION = -14custom

save the changes & exit

Then:
make dep


Loading the kernel config above is going to be Red Hat specific. As will probably be editing the Makefile. We are going to need some help from a Suse user. We need to know where Suse keeps the configs it uses to compile their kernels.

Jim H

[McBane]

Well, I found a cheat:

$ mkdir -p /usr/src/linux/include/linux
$ touch /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h

but now i get this sillyness...

linux:~/bin/pctel-0.9.6 # make
cd . && \
/bin/sh /root/bin/pctel-0.9.6/missing --run automake-1.6 --gnu Makefile /root/bin/pctel-0.9.6/missing: automake-1.6: command not found
WARNING: `automake-1.6' is needed, and you do not seem to have it handy on your system. You might have modified some files without having the proper tools for further handling them. Check the `README' file, it often tells you about the needed prerequirements for installing this package. You may also peek at any GNU archive site, in case some other package would contain this missing `automake-1.6' program.

Of course, I go and install autoconf2.54 and automake 1.6....and it still spits out the same stuff.....

help.

[JimH]

$ mkdir -p /usr/src/linux/include/linux
$ touch /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h

Not really the best way to do this.

linux:~/bin/pctel-0.9.6 # make
cd . && \
/bin/sh /root/bin/pctel-0.9.6/missing --run automake-1.6 --gnu Makefile /root/bin/pctel-0.9.6/missing: automake-1.6: command not found

Of course, I go and install autoconf2.54 and automake 1.6....and it still spits out the same stuff.....

How did you install them? Suse packages?

Jim H

[McBane]

Nope...from Tar files....Followed the installation instructions too...

[JimH]

You would have been better off installing the Suse packages.

Unless you change where it is installed, software packaged as tar.gz, are by default installed in /usr/local. You may have them installed, but they are probably outside the search path. This is why you are still getting the error.

Jim H

[McBane]

any tips as to how to fix it?

[JimH]

Install the Suse packages from your cd's.

[McBane]

i did
...now i have automake 1.6.3 from the suse site...when i type automake --version it spits put version 1.6.3....so now it is loaded correctly...yet my freakin drivers still ask for 1.6....


[me=McBane]begins to look for another modem[/me]

[JimH]

What does this show:

rpm -qa | grep automake