Thread: Problem getting rtl8185 wireless pci card to work

i have pci wireless card manufactured belkin rtl8185 chip.

can seen with

code:

lspci -v

which returns

01:09.0 ethernet controller: belkin f5d7000 v7000 wireless g desktop card [realtek rtl8185] (rev 20)
subsystem: belkin f5d7000 v7000 wireless g desktop card [realtek rtl8185]
flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, irq 17
i/o ports @ 9000 [size=256]
memory @ e4004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
capabilities: <access denied>
kernel driver in use: rtl8180
kernel modules: rtl8180

i read rtl8180 driver module flaky , new driver realtek fixes problem. downloaded rtl8185_linux_26.1031.1207.2009.release.tar.gz , navigated un tarred folder, ran make , got

denise@ubuntu-denise:~/desktop/rtl8185$ make
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.38-10-generic-pae/build: no such file or directory. stop.
make: *** [all] error 2

i created folder called build , ran make again , got

denise@ubuntu-denise:~/desktop/rtl8185$ make
make[1]: entering directory `/lib/modules/2.6.38-10-generic-pae/build'
make[1]: *** no rule make target `modules'. stop.
make[1]: leaving directory `/lib/modules/2.6.38-10-generic-pae/build'
make: *** [all] error 2

i must getting rusty, gratefully received please.

you need:

code:

sudo su make make install

have plugged in cable, gotten updates , checked system>administration>additional drivers?

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