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kucz
01-15-2004, 08:18 PM
Hi, sorry for my english. I've got wifi atheros (D-link G520 (b,g)) on Knoppix liveCD 3.3 11-19-03.

After make drivers(madwifi) i have made 3 files(wlan.o,ath_hal.o,ath_pci.o). I need to do insmod
insmod wlan/wlan.o
insmod ath_hal/ath_hal.o
insmod driver/ath_pci.o

I have this report:
knoppix@ttyp0[madwifi]$insmod wlan/wlan.o
wlan/wlan.o: create_module: Operation not permitted

I also tried make install:
knoppix@ttyp0[madwifi]$ make install
for i in ./ath_hal ./wlan ./driver; do \
(cd $i; make install); \
done
make[1]: Entering directory `/ramdisk/home/knoppix/madwifi/ath_hal'
test -d //lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/net || mkdir //lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/net
cp ath_hal.o //lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/net
cp: cannot create regular file `//lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/net/ath_hal.o': Read-only file system
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/ramdisk/home/knoppix/madwifi/ath_hal'
make[1]: Entering directory `/ramdisk/home/knoppix/madwifi/wlan'
test -d //lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/net || mkdir //lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/net
cp wlan.o //lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/net
cp: cannot create regular file `//lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/net/wlan.o': Read-only file system
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/ramdisk/home/knoppix/madwifi/wlan'
make[1]: Entering directory `/ramdisk/home/knoppix/madwifi/driver'
test -d //lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/net || mkdir //lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/net
cp ath_pci.o //lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/net
cp: cannot create regular file `//lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/net/ath_pci.o': Read-only file system
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/ramdisk/home/knoppix/madwifi/driver'
make: *** [install] Error 2

I have installed Redhat FEDORA Core 0.95 and it works there.

Plz help me!!! :)

gonsol
05-03-2004, 12:24 PM
you should type #su before de insmod and make install commands to gain root access.