Hi

I have just purchased a Dell Laptop (Inspiron N4010-0405 model) and installed RHEL 5.3. Installation is just complete but there are some hardware is not compatible with it.

following are the output of "lspci" command

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 0044 (rev 12)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 0046 (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device 4727 (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Unknown device 2060 (rev c1)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2c62 (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d01 (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d10 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d11 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d12 (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d13 (rev 02)

Please help me for installing drivers for above unrecognized devices.

For now, I need the driver for Ethernet controller as well as VGA compatible controller.

regards
sunil kc
from the country of Mt. Everest

please call your paid for tech support

1) install RHEL 5.5 -- the current
5.3 is old

2) buy a license for red hat a MUST AND VERY VERY IMPORTANT

I would recommend you to use CentOS 5.5, if you want to go for a free version.

Let me install CentOS 5.5.

You can download it from here http://ftp.gui.uva.es/sites/centos.org/5.5/isos/i386/

I have already started download it from www.centos.org. Anyways thanks for reply.

My friend has given me RHEL5.5 and I have installed it. But installation can't start in Graphical Mode. So, I have install it in text mode.

Here is the output of "lspci" command

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device 4727 (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet (rev c1)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)


Still there is some problem in hardware list.

I am downloading RHEL6 beta although I don't want to install beta version.

skc ?
You do know that unless you BUY$$$ a license there will NEVER be any security updates for it .

that is why CentOS 5.5 was suggested

no problem with the hardware that i can see

call red hat tech support that you paid for with the license

gnome should have not had a problem starting on the first boot
did you install a GUI ?? you might NOT have installed Gnome .

Not paying close attention, are you??

RedHat ENTERPRISE is something that you PAY FOR. Unless you buy a license (thereby getting support/patches/etc.), you will not be able to upgrade it, or get support. Don't care if your 'friend' gave it to you or not...you're STILL not paying for support/upgrades, so you won't be getting them.

CentOS is essentially the same thing as RedHat enterprise, but community supported. Download and install that. Also, think about why you NEED RedHat enterprise on a laptop. What, exactly, do you need RHEL for? If it's just for learning Linux, you don't need it...ANY distro will do. In fact, most of the community-supported distros will work BETTER on a laptop. CentOS/RHEL are server-related distros, and as such, support such hardware. Wifi, webcams, etc., are things that you don't normally need on a 24/7 server, are they?

I have downloaded CentOS 5.5 and try to install in GUI mode, but It does not open in GUI mode. I have tried to install in text mode and it succeed. Again, I have found that network can't access. Please help me.

Again, not paying close attention, are you?
Since your last distro had the hardware recognized, and so (probably) does CentOS. What have you tried to CONFIGURE the device??? Did you actually try to set up the interface??
http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/De...rk-config.html

Again, server-based distros typically aren't meant for things that AREN'T servers, like laptops. Again, if you're just learning Linux, ANY distro will work. If you can't configure the interface, try a consumer-grade distro, like Ubuntu/Kubuntu, Mandriva, openSUSE, etc.