modem driver installation problem

nirmaltom · 01-04-2006, 01:52 PM

hi
I am running FC4 and my modem is not supported by default.It's a Dlink brand internal modem.If i try to install the rpm driver, it gets me an an error for dependency.So,then i tried with tar.gz format and intalled the drived but when i tried to configure it, it asks me the path of c header files to match the current running kernel.
Can anybody plz say me the path and kind thanks to any reply

Lenard · 01-04-2006, 02:49 PM

The tar package may be looking for the kernel source, please read the RELEASE-NOTES found on the installation media or here;

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...ore/4/i386/os/

You may wish to learn how to configure and use yum also;

http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/index.html
http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installsoftware

nirmaltom · 01-05-2006, 10:59 AM

thanks for the help.
Can u plz say me about the indication like i386, i686. Is it related to processor type

Lenard · 01-05-2006, 02:45 PM

Yes, it is releated to the processor type. The i386 and i686 are in the same family (the x86 32-bit family) with i386 being the earlist version type;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit

i386 == 80386
i486 == 80486
i596 == 80586
i686 == 80686 (or better)