[wellylug] missing autoconf.h

[John Rye]

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 09:42:55 +1300
Nick Jensen <nickspoon at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 19:31:59 +0000, firstname lastname
> <post_box_ at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > /lib/modules.. autoconf.h does not exist
> > please install kernel source
> > make: ***[check] Error 1
> > 
> > can anyone tell me where i can find autoconf.h and the simple(?) steps
> > to get the winmodem installed and running?
> > i am trying to run mandrake 10.0
> 
> Believe it or not I had this same problem in the weekend - but Debian
> instead of Mandrake. You need the kernel-headers installed to install
> the driver. I suspect they'll be on your Mandrake installation disks
> somewhere - try to search for a file called kernel-headers-2.6.3-7.rpm
> or something like that (the numbers being your kernel version). If you
> can find and install the headers I think it will work, otherwise you
> could try installing the kernel-source, which you will definately have
> on your installation disks.

Nick, did you see (I think) section 8 or 9 of readme.txt in the source?
I'm pretty sure there was a work-a-round for the autoconf error.

John
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