problem installing realtek lan drivers
 

i have a realtek 8139c ethernet card on my system and am running RedHat9.
it didnt detect the card. i have to install drivers but couldnt do it. in the drivers zip file i found
1. 8139too.c
2. makefile
3. Raedme
i tried to understand form the "read me" what to do but i couldnt
can somebody help me by giving a step by step operation of what to do (even what to type at terminal prompt)
i dont even know how to compile a file or configure or make a file

hi there

realtek 8139 has inbuildt support in kernel and therer is the support for it in redhat 9.0 kernel configuartion
i have bn using it
u can have a look at the O/P here
[root@gaurav bin]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 02)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
[root@gaurav bin]#

post ur O/P of 'lspci' and see what driver xactly u r using

regards