<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Christopher Chan <<a href="mailto:christopher.chan@bradbury.edu.hk">christopher.chan@bradbury.edu.hk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="h5">On Monday, October 11, 2010 06:38 AM, Verde Denim wrote: > Turns out I need the latest and greatest version of msf on my ubuntu > portable for work, so I've been following the instructions on their site > which (I have to say so far) are pretty good. > In compiling lorcon, however, I noted a couple of warnings that I cannot > quite interpret and am hoping someone here can help with - > > checking for linux/if_arp.h usability... no > checking for linux/if_arp.h presence... yes > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's > result > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: in the future, the compiler will > take precedence > checking for linux/if_arp.h... yes > > checking for linux/wireless.h usability... no > checking for linux/wireless.h presence... yes > configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: check for missing prerequisite > headers? > configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: section "Present But Cannot Be > Compiled" > configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's > result > configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: in the future, the compiler will > take precedence > checking for linux/wireless.h... yes > configure: WARNING: Missing libnl netlink library will not be able to > control mac80211 vaps > no libnl/libnl doesn't have mac80211 support > > I did check for these header files and they are on the system under > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-25/include/linux/ (as well as under the > 25-generic subdir) > > Am I missing something else? </div></div>Try to see if libnl-dev is installed for the mac80211 support 'error'. Then go ahead and run make dep and try to compile and see whether lorcon will compile or not. </blockquote><div>Chris Thanks! That got rid of the mac80211 problem! Any thoughts on the other two warnings concerning wireless.h and if_arp.h? Jack </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>