problem compiling software with ipw2200 ieee80211

[Nils Kassube]

Jason wrote:
> I've also downloaded ieee80211 and when I try installing this it says
> by typing make in its directory i dont get any errors. I get this
> instead.
>
>
> Checking in /lib/modules/2.6.15-28-386 for ieee80211 components...
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.15-28-386/build M=/usr/src/ieee80211 modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-28-386'
> /bin/sh: /usr/src/ieee80211/.tmp_versions/ieee80211.mod: Permission
> denied

Check the permissions of /usr/src/ieee80211/ and the files in that 
directory. I suppose they are owned by root and not globally writeable. 
If that is true, your make command should be:

sudo make IEEE80211_INC=/usr/src/ieee80211/



Nils