I'm trying to install madwifi-ng with these params: (c1) blatt / # KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.19-suspend2-r3 LC_ALL=C emerge --resume Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.3-r1 [0.9.2.1] USE="(-amrr%) (-injection%) (-onoe%*)" 0 kB It starts fine: [...] * checking madwifi-0.9.3.tar.bz2 ;-) ... [ ok ] * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Found kernel source directory: * /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-suspend2-r3 * Found sources for kernel version: * 2.6.19-suspend2-r3.neu.001 * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options... [ ok ] [...] But then: [...] * Converting madwifi-0.9.3/ath_rate/sample/Makefile to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked. >>> Compiling source in /Gentoo/Portage/build/portage/net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.3-r1/work/madwifi-0.9.3 ... * Preparing ath_hal module /bin/sh: line 0: cd: /lib/modules/2.6.19-suspend2-r3.045/build: No such file or directory ../Makefile.inc:66: *** /lib/modules/2.6.19-suspend2-r3.045/build is missing, please set KERNELPATH. Stop. [...] It tries to cd to a non existant directory. I'm compiling (or not... *g*) it in a chroot. The kernel version of the "host" system is: alexander@blatt ~ $ uname -r 2.6.19-suspend2-r3.045 (c1) blatt / # emerge --info Portage 2.1.2.2 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r1, 2.6.19-suspend2-r3.045 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-suspend2-r3.045 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.50GHz Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:20:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31-r5 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r6 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.15-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.23b virtual/os-headers: 2.6.20-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=pentium-m -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=pentium-m -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/Gentoo/Portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--alphabetical" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache collision-protect distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirror.solnet.ch http://distfiles.gentoo.org/" LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" LINGUAS="de" PKGDIR="/Gentoo/Portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/Gentoo/Portage/build" PORTDIR="/Gentoo/Portage/tree" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/Gentoo/Portage/local-tree/misc" SYNC="rsync://rsync.ch.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt dbus dri dvd dvdr eds emboss encode esd fam firefox fortran gdbm gif gnome gstreamer gtk hal iconv isdnlog jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility libedit libg++ libnotify mad midi mikmod mmx mp3 mpeg ncurses nfs nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl pcre perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis wifi win32codecs x86 xcb xml xorg xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="loopback usb-audio via82xx" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev vesa vga via" Unset: CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
-r1 had removed BUILD_PARAMS - can you try with -r2 please?
(In reply to comment #1) > -r1 had removed BUILD_PARAMS - can you try with -r2 please? With -r2, all is fine. I didn't even need to set KERNEL_DIR, as it picked up the symlink /usr/src/linux. Thanks. Closing bug.
