i have dell inspiron-1545 laptop.I installed rhel5(downloaded from torrent for free),kernel (2.6.18-8el5xen).i got a driver cd from dell containing rhel drivers for audio,video,network.i tried to install those drivers but could not.it asked
for dkms 2.0 which i installed.but even now also some errors are coming(like dependencies missing etc.).so no internet ,no sound,no video on my laptop.
i m posting some command outputs


[root@localhost /]# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2a40 (rev 07)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2a41 (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: f6d00000-f6efffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000eff00000
Capabilities: [88] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [a0] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 6f60 [size=32]
Capabilities: [50] #13 [0306]

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 6f80 [size=32]
Capabilities: [50] #13 [0306]

00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at 6fa0 [size=32]
Capabilities: [50] #13 [0306]

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at fed1c400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port
Capabilities: [98] #13 [0306]

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
Memory at f6ffc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [70] Express Unknown type IRQ 0

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0b, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0c, subordinate=0c, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: f6c00000-f6cfffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: f6b00000-f6bfffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0d, subordinate=0e, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: f6800000-f6afffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0000000-00000000f0100000
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 6f00 [size=32]
Capabilities: [50] #13 [0306]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 6f20 [size=32]
Capabilities: [50] #13 [0306]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at 6f40 [size=32]
Capabilities: [50] #13 [0306]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at fed1c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port
Capabilities: [98] #13 [0306]

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32
Capabilities: [50] #0d [0000]

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2919 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2929 (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at 6e70 [size=8]
I/O ports at 6e78 [size=4]
I/O ports at 6e80 [size=8]
I/O ports at 6e88 [size=4]
I/O ports at 6ea0 [size=32]
Memory at fed1c800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/4 Enable-
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [a8] #12 [0010]
Capabilities: [b0] #13 [0306]

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation SMBus Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
Memory at f6ffbf00 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at 1100 [size=32]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 9552 (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at de00 [size=256]
Memory at f6df0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at f6d00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: [a0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-

09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 4354 (rev 13)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 02aa
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
Memory at f6bfc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
I/O ports at ce00 [size=256]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [5c] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [c0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0

0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 4232
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1321
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
Memory at f6cfe000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0










[root@localhost /]# ifconfig -a
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:788 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:788 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:75281 (73.5 KiB) TX bytes:75281 (73.5 KiB)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

veth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

veth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

veth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

veth3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vif0.0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vif0.1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vif0.2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vif0.3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

xenbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)




[root@localhost /]# /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2a40 (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2a41 (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2919 (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2929 (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 9552
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 4354 (rev 13)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 4232
[root@localhost /]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

vif0.0 no wireless extensions.

veth0 no wireless extensions.

vif0.1 no wireless extensions.

veth1 no wireless extensions.

vif0.2 no wireless extensions.

veth2 no wireless extensions.

vif0.3 no wireless extensions.

veth3 no wireless extensions.

xenbr0 no wireless extensions.




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///when i boot every process come OK except(cpu micromodule failed.fatal error and hub port status failed).
i think these cards have not been detected.
plz help.

If you're not going to pay for support and updates, load CentOS instead. It's the community-supported system, that's very close to being RHEL. If you don't, you'll not get updates/patches/etc., since you're not paying for them.
Unless the CD was for Linux, it's not surprising it's not working. And how did you try to install the drivers? And when you say the "errors are coming", when?? What are you doing to make the errors appear?
Spell out your words, please.

RHEL is designed mostly for server-class machines, not for consumer grade laptops. Things like wireless, etc., are not normally found on servers. While you CAN make them work, unless you've got a real need for RHEL, load either CentOS, or another community supported distro, like openSUSE, Mandriva, Ubuntu/Kubuntu, etc. Chances are, things will 'just work', right out of the box.