i downloaded the latest broadcom wifi drivers to my opensuse laptop, and i get the following error message.
linux@linux:~/Desktop/hybrid_wl> make clean
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` clean
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [clean] Error 2
I have no idea what this means. Any thoughts?
BTW, the following is the relevent section of the drivers readme’
Setup the directory by untarring the proper tarball:
mkdir hybrid_wl
cd hybrid_wl
tar xzf <path>/hybrid-portsrc.tar or <path>/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64.tar.gz
Build the driver as a Linux loadable kernel module (LKM):
make clean
make
When the build completes, it will produce a wl.ko file in the top level
directory.
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> i downloaded the latest broadcom wifi drivers to my opensuse laptop, and
> i get the following error message.
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> Code:
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> linux@linux:~/Desktop/hybrid_wl> make clean
> KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/uname -r/build M=pwd clean
> make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build: No such file or
> directory. Stop. make: *** [clean] Error 2
> --------------------
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> I have no idea what this means. Any thoughts?
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> BTW, the following is the relevent section of the drivers readme’
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>> 1. Setup the directory by untarring the proper tarball:
>> # mkdir hybrid_wl
>> # cd hybrid_wl
>> # tar xzf <path>/hybrid-portsrc.tar or
>> <path>/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64.tar.gz
>>
>> 2. Build the driver as a Linux loadable kernel module (LKM):
>>
>> # make clean
>> # make
>>
>> When the build completes, it will produce a wl.ko file in the top level
>> directory.
>>
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depending on your SuSE version, why not get the driver from Packman, it’s
pre-compiled in an rpm
If it is a newer one , the kernel already has the kernel modules, You will need the firmware.
You didn’t say what broadcom wifi chip you have.
If you take a look in you start up log files it may tell you an easy way to get the firmware, I should of said , were to go to fine an easy way to install the firmware.
For the b43xxxx chips
open term. type in with out the $
$ sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
Read more about it here and learn. b43 - Linux Wireless
