Drivers, new kernel or patches?
:) Hi to all,
I used linux few times in my life, I started with old Red Hat version, I believe it was 4.0 more or less 10 year ago. From that moment, I tried to install it just to have a look to all new versions. I have to say that I always used Windows but now I finally decided to do the big step and to use Linux for all my activity. Thourght these last years I could compile the kernel, but just one time and I could see other things about the power of linux. But now it is better to say that I am a newbie in fact I don't know anything and I am here to ask you to help me! :D In the past I used Red Hat and I like it so yesterday I installed Fedora Core 1. I have a mainboard Gigabyte with LOM (Lan on mainboard) of 10/100/1000Mhz, I believe that it is a Marvell network device. Well, I didn't have any problem about the installation but Linux dosen't see my network card. Fedora Core 1 has the kernel version 2.4.22 and I think it is the problem! But as I am not an expert I don't know exactly what should I do! I mean that I know that maybe if I compile a new kernel, for example 2.5 or 2.6, it will see my card. But I believe that I could add some patch (like a driver I think) to my actuall kernel to fix my problem. I'd like to understand what it the step when, with linux, we have a problem with a device like this. What should I do excatly? Regards, Luca. |
I'm thinking if you can find a driver for installation, go that route. What chipset is your NIC? It might already have support, just that Fedora isn't detecting it properly.
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The chipset is a Marvell and exactly is the 88e8001.
I tried to find some information on Internet but the problem is that I don't know what I should find! I mean that I don't know what for linux is a driver!!! How is a driver for linux? I mean what kind of files is? And how should I install if I find it? |
At the moment I find a file install-624.tar.bz2 (maybe it is a driver, I don't know, it is called sk98lin).
I unpacked and I am going to install it.... |
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:mad: It was too easy.... It didn't work and this is what happened... Code:
Create tmp dir (/tmp/Sk98IkUSbFUWPOFINKMFoAEAi) passed HELP! |
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