Help.. I am Brand New To Linux
 

Hello evryone..

As l said, l am brand new to linux and need to load from cd intel inf file, sound drivers, and graphics drivers but l don't have a clue at moment on how to go about this. l have loaded the linux operating system from the 4 cd's but that's it.
Now it's insatlled, how do l load these other drivers..
I think linux is telling me l am a bit thick but l am only used to Microsoft systems

Would be most greatfull for any help..

Thanks

Bernie

email bermarang@hotmail.com

OK---you have installed....What?? Which distribution?

Does it work?---eg can you boot up and run simple things? If so, what is NOT working?

Normally all the needed drivers get installed automatically.

are you trying to load Windows drivers in Linux?

That probably won't work, but many Linux versions of those drivers are probably already on your system waiting to be configured. Try searching around the forum, and Google for the hardware you're trying to make work, with luck someone will have had a similar situation and posted how to fix it.

More information, please. Give us actual information in the thread title, not "help my Linux is broken". If somebody ever gives you a working fix, always post back and tell people that it is fixed. And please, never just abandon a thread without updating the people who have given their time to trying to fix something for you on your situation. That's just rude.
What distribution are you using? It's impossible to miss. If you can't figure that out you apparantly have some serious observation problems. You could at LEAST tell us that. It does look like you are trying to load Windows drivers on Linux. This DOES NOT WORK. Linux works entirely differently and will have it's own drivers for your hardware. Are you using a prebuilt computer you've bought recently? If you are then you need to give your hardware some serious revision; integrated video hardly ever works on Linux because the company that actually manufactured the chip assumes that Windows will be there to operate it properly. Also you will very likely have a softmodem which DO NOT WORK with Linux; therefore even if you were looking for Linux drivers for such things you would not find them because they cannot be made.