Compilation Error 2 During RealTek WiFi Build
Posted: 25. Nov 2016, 19:05
Hello Everyone,
New to Salix. What a great Distro!
It runs quite well on my laptop. Also seems like a nice way for me to learn Slackware, while still having the package management tools, & other conveniences.
I read the Startup Guide & glanced through the FAQ.
I also did a search for this error on the wiki: https://docs.salixos.org/wiki/Documentation.
When attempting to search for this issue on the forum I got an error saying feature was unavailable. This may have been because I just joined.
Hopefully this exact issue wasn't already addressed here.
This is the issue:
I installed Salix64 14.2 XFCE a couple days ago on a Toshiba Satellite L15W-B1208X, Intel Pentium Quad-Core Processor N3540 (2M Cache, 2.66 GHz), 4GB Memory. Kernel Version is 4.4.29
I noticed the WiFi connection kept dropping. It seems it's a problem with the driver. Installing a new module is the fix.
So I downloaded into a zip file, the files at: https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.
After that, I unpacked the zip in an rtlwifi directory off /. I also placed this rtlwifi directory in a data directory off my home directory. Both generate the same errors.
I change to the rtlwifi directory in each location, & typed make, to get this error:
The directory, /lib/modules/4.4.29/build, does exist.
Some articles about this error say the kernel header files are missing. I checked Gslapt to see that this package is installed: kernel-headers 4.4.29-x86-1_slack14.2.
Also in Gslapt, I did a search for the package, kernel-source. Its status is Excluded & it has a lock on it that prevents install. Is this necessary?
After the Salix install, I installed: twapake; cmake, linuxdoc-tools. Are any other packages necessary?
Thank You,
Mark
New to Salix. What a great Distro!
It runs quite well on my laptop. Also seems like a nice way for me to learn Slackware, while still having the package management tools, & other conveniences.
I read the Startup Guide & glanced through the FAQ.
I also did a search for this error on the wiki: https://docs.salixos.org/wiki/Documentation.
When attempting to search for this issue on the forum I got an error saying feature was unavailable. This may have been because I just joined.
Hopefully this exact issue wasn't already addressed here.
This is the issue:
I installed Salix64 14.2 XFCE a couple days ago on a Toshiba Satellite L15W-B1208X, Intel Pentium Quad-Core Processor N3540 (2M Cache, 2.66 GHz), 4GB Memory. Kernel Version is 4.4.29
I noticed the WiFi connection kept dropping. It seems it's a problem with the driver. Installing a new module is the fix.
So I downloaded into a zip file, the files at: https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.
After that, I unpacked the zip in an rtlwifi directory off /. I also placed this rtlwifi directory in a data directory off my home directory. Both generate the same errors.
I change to the rtlwifi directory in each location, & typed make, to get this error:
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make -C /lib/modules/4.4.29/build M=/rtlwifi modules
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/4.4.29/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
Makefile:57: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2Some articles about this error say the kernel header files are missing. I checked Gslapt to see that this package is installed: kernel-headers 4.4.29-x86-1_slack14.2.
Also in Gslapt, I did a search for the package, kernel-source. Its status is Excluded & it has a lock on it that prevents install. Is this necessary?
After the Salix install, I installed: twapake; cmake, linuxdoc-tools. Are any other packages necessary?
Thank You,
Mark