Problems installing 3com gigabit driver(3c2000)-newbie

davess4 · 08-23-2003, 10:43 PM

Hi guys,
I'm pretty new to linux, and I just installed redhat 9. I got it up and running fine except for my NIC.
It is an onboard 3com gigabit LOM 3c2000 nic on my p4p800 delux mobo.
I have the linux drivers from the CD. which are the same as the ones on the Asus website. I followed the readme as well as the previous posts in this forum on the same topic. I always get the following error.

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[root @localhost 3c2000]# make load
/bin/sh: line 1: gcc: command not found
/bin/sh: line 1: gcc: command not found
gcc -D_KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -02 -DMODULE -I. -DSK_USE_CSUM -I /usr/src/linux-2.4/include -c -o skge.o skge.c
make: gcc: Command not found
make: *** [skge.o] Error 127
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Am I in totally the wrong place? Any help would be great, I'd love to get my machine online.

Thanks guys.

EDIT:: By the way I untared and ran this command from that directory.

-Dave

js_530 · 08-23-2003, 10:49 PM

You should probally reconfigure your kernel with support for your device. There's tons of places that show how to do that.

davess4 · 08-23-2003, 11:52 PM

Where should I look for this information?

-Dave

js_530 · 08-24-2003, 12:13 AM

Just download the kernel source (kernel.org) extract it, and read "README". To configure it, use the X configuration program (its in the README). It has it's own category, like 10/100/1000 Ethernet or something. Read it carefully. You should probally print it.

tricky_linux · 08-24-2003, 08:24 PM

I would rather refer you to install the parts about c program from your red hat linux 9.0 disc.
You could simply insert the first disc and run autorun in /dev/cdrom.
Then add packages about c programs which should be very easy to do.

Good luck to you

davess4 · 08-24-2003, 11:37 PM

thanks, also, how come it seems all the readme's I read talk about different directories than what I have.
Lots talk about the kernel being in /usr/src/ but there is nothing there on mine. It looks like they were installed to /lib/modules/
Is it just that redhat uses a different directory than most?

-Dave

tricky_linux · 08-25-2003, 09:58 PM

those folder name was probably depence on what distor. do you have .
Me, i had a redhat 9.0. so i really makes easier for me to do everything.

davess4 · 08-25-2003, 11:17 PM

Hey I'm not sure what all that directory business was all about. I got some different CDs for redhat 9 and I'm all set, I got the drivers working and everything. Thanks guys.

-Dave

jhotchkiss · 09-10-2003, 07:08 PM

I am having the same issue with the p4p800 deluxe and the 3c2000 NIC. However, I don't have the luxury of going out to buy another set of CD's for Linux 9. How can I resolve this issue without buying CD's?

Thanks!
Jason

davess4 · 09-12-2003, 10:15 PM

yo,
I'm not sure what your problem is, but what fixed it for me was installing the gcc rpms off the redhat CDs and then installing the kernel source. I stupidly did not have either of these installed.
Go to install packages in redhat and then search for gcc, and the kernel source packages. You should probably post a more specific problem though..

-Dave