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I'm new to linux, and completely lost.. I just installed a "Asound 10/100 MBPS Fast Ethernet card".. On the box it said that it "includes linux drivers"...
The driver that came with it is fealnx.c , the installation instructions say to compile it using
Distribution: Whatever I feel like at the time I install.
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try getting the latest version of the gcc compiler first. I know that at one point in time Redhat had a lot of problems with that. The reason that you can't get the other *.o files to work is they weren't compiled for your kernel.
I'm on a lousy dialup, so downloading anything more than 1MB or so is a true pain (plus I can't connect with my linux box yet )..
I did some more searching around last night and found the newer versions of RH include the needed file, so I broke down and bought a copy of RH 7.2 unleashed (I need a good reference book anyway) and an external modem..
First, recognize I'm a newbie user myself, but this worked for redhat 7.2. (I have mandrake 8.2 stuff below)
Install the linux kernel-source RPM from the distro disk-- using package manager, you can search for kernel-source, or alternatively for file fealnx.c.
Find the source file, fealnx.c and cd there. For me, this was: /usr/src/linux-2.4.7-10/drivers/net
I'm too new to know if both of the following are required. I suspect that copying the module into the net modules section is the only important one and that the insmod simply loaded it for the current session. Anyway, I did both.
Reboot. You'll get some warning about an unresolved external when fealnx.o loads. Doesn't seem to
have any ill effects on my system.
Kudzu will now detect the new hardware and allow you to configure networking.
Frankly, I wish I had just bought a supported card, but at least this works.
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For mandrake 8.2, the thing to do is:
/sbin/modprobe fealnx
You'll want that in rc.local or something.
If you haven't yet installed or intend to re-install, then you can get it loaded prior to network configuration by issuing the modprobe. To do that, simply ctrl-alt-F2 to a console, do it, and then ctrl-alt-F7 back to the graphical installer.
Last edited by nematocyst; 06-12-2002 at 10:49 PM.
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