Re: Need help with driver installation please!
From: Ed Murphy (emurphy42_at_socal.rr.com)
Date: 07/14/03
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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 01:36:44 GMT
On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 20:41:52 -0400, Not me wrote:
> I am having serious problems with one particular spot regarding creating a
> subdirectory in the installation directory (I am new to linux and NOT sure
> what it means by installation directory). Having problems with the
> paragraph with the "**********" around it.
[snip]
> Obtain and extract the binary driver package:
> "tar -xvzf acx100_bin_20030503.tgz"
[snip]
> **************I REALLY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS PARAGRAPH (I dont know
> what it means by the installation directory... :
Let's say the acx100_bin_20030503.tgz file is in your home directory.
mkdir ~/acx100_install
cd ~/acx100_install
tar -xvzf ~/acx100_bin_20030503.tgz
The installation directory is ~/acx100_install
If you still don't understand, then you need to learn more about some
basic Unix/Linux concepts. Is there a user group in your area, or (in
general) someone who can sit down with you in person and teach you
such things?
> Next create a subdirectory in the installation directory that matches your
> "uname -r" value and make a copy of the driver for your chosen kernel. The
> kernel file should be renamed "acx100sta-"uname -r".o. (Clearly you don't
> 'need' to make a copy of the file in a subdirectory named as such if you
> install the module by hand, but it might be handy to keep the installation
> all
> together)
>
> Then enter the new directory and relabel the kernel info on this file with
> the
> following commands: echo -ne "kernel_version="`uname -r`"\0" > version
> objcopy --remove-section=.modinfo --add-section=.modinfo=version
> acx100sta-*.o
>
> Try to install using the install script to see if this works for you. If so,
> just skip to the configuration section.************************
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