hi! im new to linux... lately i've installed the driver which has been added to the lan card that i bought. this lan card as what windoze detects it is REALTEK RTL-8139d. i successfully installed it on my slack 10.1 but i dont know why it cant be installed in 10.2. im currently under kernel 2.4.31. i followed this thread by using the commands that you've discussed but it still wont work! it outputs a file named "sc92031.o" after compiling. i checked where it goes.

i was assuming that sc92031.o will go to /lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/driver/net but it DIDN'T instead it went to /lib/modules/2.4.19/net, which is the wrong path.

pls help me? i was following the README file but i cant continue due to errors while compiling... thank you!

How many kernel sources do you have? Also, can you post "uname -r" output?

root@root:~# uname -r
2.4.31

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and also here what happens as i follow the readme of the driver (Silan) provided by the NIC i have:

root@root:/mnt/hd/Installers/Lan Card/Linux/sc92031# ls
Makefile* readme.txt* sc92031.c* sc92031.o* °²×°ÊÖ²á.txt*
root@root:/mnt/hd/Installers/Lan Card/Linux/sc92031# make
Makefile:62: ***
Makefile:63: *** Warning: kernel source version (2.4.29)
Makefile:64: *** does not match running kernel (2.4.31)
Makefile:65: *** Continuing with build,
Makefile:66: *** resulting driver may not be what you want
Makefile:67: ***
make: `sc92031.o' is up to date.
root@root:/mnt/hd/Installers/Lan Card/Linux/sc92031# make install
Makefile:62: ***
Makefile:63: *** Warning: kernel source version (2.4.29)
Makefile:64: *** does not match running kernel (2.4.31)
Makefile:65: *** Continuing with build,
Makefile:66: *** resulting driver may not be what you want
Makefile:67: ***
mkdir -p /usr/src/linux/drivers/net
install -m 644 -o root sc92031.c /usr/src/linux/drivers/net
mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.4.29/net
install -m 644 -o root sc92031.o /lib/modules/2.4.29/net
/sbin/depmod -a || true

why cant i install my NIC? pls help me!!!!

Your current kernel and source do not match.

Download 2.4.31 at www.kernel.org and see what happens.

You're going to need the actual kernel source that you built your kernel with, with the same .config and everything.

If you're using Slackware's official kernel from current, then make sure you install the matching kernel source package from current too.

but im already 2.4.31... do i still need to manually recompile my kernel?