Intel Ethernet Drivers

freakonwaves · 04-09-2006, 08:06 PM

I just purchased a Dell 5150n (Open Source) I've installed Fedora core, but cannot get audio and ethernet to work. it's an ATI 128 meg. 300X and an Intel 100M PCI. but cannot get to connect to the internet. Now I downloaded a driver from Intel, but I AM NEW. it's a TAR.GZ file which now resides in my desktop. but cannot get it to load? What am I missing.

Acron_0248 · 04-09-2006, 08:11 PM

What is the reason that you can't load that .tgz driver?

About your sound card, did you try with alsaconf?

Reegards

Bye

freakonwaves · 04-09-2006, 08:37 PM

Well I put the driver on a usb and transferred it to the desktop on the linux system. it's there but can't seem to know how to send it to the right place.
The sound card, well, it's not working. no sound comes out of the PC. now it's a new pc with no OS. so I installed fedore core.
I guess I am really new and with

and need to know how to move it from the desktop to its rightful place.

As for the sound well, I guess I need to play around with it a little more.

Acron_0248 · 04-09-2006, 09:23 PM

Well, like is a tar.gz package (means that is a source package) you can install it on two ways:

1) Compiling:

Unpack it

Code:

tar xzvf pakcage.tar.gz

and press enter

Go to the unpacked folder

Code:

cd folder_created_from_the_above_command

Configure the package:

Code:

./configure

and press enter

Compile it:

Code:

make && make install

Now, this is the most standart way, there are packages that need to add some stuff during this proceddure, so, search in the folder created when you unpack the file .tar.gz for a Install or Readme file

2) Build the package for your distro:

using the command:

Code:

rpm --build package.tar.gz

or

Code:

rpm -c package.tar.gz

to prepare it and compile it and then to install it use

Code:

rpm -i package_generated.rpm

You may search a little for this, i'd obtain this command from here but I'm most a debian guy so, maybe i'm wrong with this commands.....

About your sound card, did you use alsaconf? what output do you get?

Reegards

Bye