Help installing wireless card - Ubuntu 8.4
I am runnig Ubuntu 8.4 in a "BenQ Joybook S41" laptop.
The laptop comes with an internal wireless card installed (Pro/Wireless 4965 AGN). IMPORTANT: This card is currently being detected as "wlan0".
I purchased a USB external card (alfa awus036h). This card is plug and play and it is supported by Linux. I connectd the card to the USB port and ran iwconfig, but I can only see the excisting internal card (Pro/Wireless 4965 AGN). I tried turning the card off (through a switch in my laptop), but that did not work either.
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chakib@Ubuntu007:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" Nickname:""
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality=96/100 Signal level=-31 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
chakib@Ubuntu007:~$
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I found online instructions on how to manually install the card (http://
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wget http://
unzip rtl8187_
cd rtl8187_
wget http://
tar xzf drv.tar.gz
tar xzf stack.tar.gz
patch -Np1 -i rtl8187_
make
make install ****THIS STEP DID NOT WORK*******
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Everything goes well until this point.. When I type "make install", I get the below error:
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chakib@
install -d /lib/modules/
install: cannot change permissions of `/lib/modules/
make: *** [install] Error 1
chakib@
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What can I do to install this card?
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