I just installed mandrake 7.1 and I can't get the drivers for my netgear NIC from Netgear or scyld.com to work. I can compile the drivers from netgear, when i put fa311.o in the net directory in modules, it says: Unresolved symbols When I go to compile natsemi.c (or pci scan) I get LOTS of error messages and it doesn’t compile. Can anyone help me out?

[Edited by lexusnexus on 02-27-2001 at 04:28 PM]

I am in the same boat as you...same problems as you describe..only I am under Mandrake 7.2...

Does anyone know if this card is even supported under any Mandrake ?

I have the same fromplem getting drivers for Netgear ethernet hub to work. I do what they say and I get a list of error messages as long as my arm!

Guys
Try the ready compiled driver at... http://www.sonnik.com/fa311/
Worked fine for me
Jim

I have the same problem. Will using a RedHat driver on Mandrake solve it?

My understanding is that the driver is compiled for the kernel, not distro, so should be OK. Besides, Mandrake evolved from RedHat (as I recall), and uses same RPM format etc, so should work fine.
Jim

I've installed the driver as per instructions in http://www.sonnik.com/fa311/. I still have a problem.

I'm using a graphical config application on mandrake called netconf (perhaps I shouldn't be using this). Anyway, there's a dialog that asks for the kernel module and gives you a list of the available drivers and fa311 was still not in the list.

The on-line help says it needs to be selected using "make menuconfig". Nothing if not brave I suss out that I need to cd to /usr/src/linux and do the make. This is where it gets confusing.

All I did in here was (I think) select the Network Device Support option and exited (saving the new config). It did a lot of making (without errors) but when I retried the netconf utility the fa311 drive was still not in the magic list.

Any ideas?

man!
i have the same problems as you guys
i have followed DMR's instructions but its not working
i need to know step by step (and imean step by step) on what exactly to do.

i have tried installing the module, done depmod -a, insmod fa311.o, modprobe etc etc but i get errors man and its not detected and on boot up it says failed. ive been to all the websites u guys mention and followed instructiions but the whole thing is a pain

i am running kernel 2.2.16 on SUSE 7.0 prof.

this sux big time
can some one PLEASE PLEASE GUIDE US ON WAT TO DO!!!

THANKUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

m khan

On RedHat 7 with 2.2.16, I copied the file into etc/modules/2.2.16/net (I think that's the location anyway). I then used linuxconf to set up eth0. I was shocked not to see fa311 in the drop down menu (windows habit).
Eventually I typed it into the relevant place, clicked activate changes and there was my fully functional NIC.
Try the keyboard guys.
Jim

When some of you say that you're getting tons of errors, please be more specific. Posting the exact errors and when they occur will make it much easier for someone to help figure out what's going wrong.

Jim (the incredible Hull UK)

Where is the appropriate place?

In linuxconf where the drop-down menu appears for the module. Don't select one, just click in the box and type fa311.