I am running the fallowing version of Linux-

Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:18:24 EST 2003 i686 athlon
i386 GNU/Linux

I downloaded the file named bcm4400-1.0.1.tar.gz which is the driver for my network card (its integrated on my asus board and it’s a Boardcom 4400 10/100 Ethernet Card)

Anyhow I fallowed the very simple instructions and extracted it to a directory, went into the SRC folder and ran the command

make && make install

And this is what happened (screen shot at link below)
Screen Shot of the Death that Fallowed

Anyhow if anyone knows how I can fix this I would appreciate it.

-Monkeysee

Have you got kernel-source /-headers installed?

I've compiled & installed that driver no sweat...

Cheers,
Tink

im very much a n00b at linux. ive had it for like 3 days lol

i have not done "kernel-source /-headers" could someone tell me how to do that?

-Monkeysee

Which linux distribution have you installed?

If you're using RedHat, Mandrake,
SuSE or another RPM based distro do
And as for how to install it: if the above
commands yield no output, find your
distro's software installation tool and search
the CD's for packages saying kernel.

Cheers,
Tink

sry. im useing RedHat 9 Shrike, um. version ends with a -8... ok so i open the command prompt and...

run 'su-'
run 'rpm -qa | grep -i kernel'

right?

-Monkeysee

yip ... and, what is the output? :)

Cheers,
Tink

the command 'su-' returned

'command not found'

the command 'rpm -qa | grep -i kernel' teturned

'kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-13'
'kernel-2.4.20-8'
'kernel-ntfs-2.4.20-8'

-Monkeysee

That's su<space>- :)

OK, now I'm not a 100% familiar with the
naming conventions of Redhat, but do assume
that the packages DON'T have the source ....

check the following


rpm -ql kernel-2.4.20-8 | grep src

If you get heaps of lines the source might
be installed, and we'll have to start looking
for other reasons of your problem.

If there's none or little output, search your
cd's for rpms with kernel in the name and install
ones that also say something like source or src :)

Cheers,
Tink

run 'rpm -ql kernel-2.4.20-8 | grep src' retruned

nothing (no errors, but nothing)
oh and on the cd's is only the file i mentioned in my first post.

-Monkeysee

I assume you are running kernel version 2.4.20-8 and using grub as your boot manager.

The problem with kernel and loadable modules is the need for consistent versions of kernel and modules. You must have a framework for including your own modules. This can be achieved by the procedure below.

I will warn you that you might end up with a system you cannot start. This is a standard warning for all changes on kernel and grub.

As far as I can recall here is what I did to install a loadable module driver for my wireless card:

1. Install kernel source and headers (kernel-source-2.4.20-8.i386.rpm)
2. Install development tools and libraries (gcc-3.2.2-5.i386.rpm and libgcc-3.2.2-5.i386.rpm) There might be some packages that the above mentioned packages are dependent on. They should be installed as well.
3. Read /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/README and run make oldconfig.
4. Select configs/kernel-2.4.20-athlon.config as your model for configuration and do not change other parameters
5. run "make dep"
6. run "make bzImage"
7. run "make modules"
8. as root run "make modules_install"
9. as root run "make install"
10. as root run "mkinitrd "/boot/initrd-2.4.20-8-custom.img 2.4.20-8-custom"
11. before reboot you might look into the /etc/grub.conf file and the /boot directory to verify the settings.
12. reboot your machine and select boot of linux-2.4.20-8-custom.
13. Now you can run the customization of the kernel with the new loadable module. Most of those locates kernel source automatically and you can accept defaults.

Its not a wireless card. leifole, should fallow your instructions anyhow?

-Monkeysee