On Wed, 06 Mar 2002 22:38:48 -0500, Scott Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to install drivers for my smc1211tx ethernet card so I can get my > cable connection configured correctly. I'm running 8.0. I have a couple of > questions about the directions that came with the cd before I try it. > The directions say to verify that you have the source code for your current > kernel version installed. How do you do that? > Later it says "install the driver module in the proper location for your > distribution. This is usually /lib/modules/kernel-version/net/driver" The > closest thing I have is /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/net. I want to be > sure that that is the correct location to install the driver before I do it. > Finally, it says to run the following command as root to install the > driver: > install -m 644 driver.o /lib/modules/'uname -r'/net/ > Am I really supposed to type 'uname -r', or does this stand for something > else? > Should I substitute this directory with the > "/lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/net" one?
The SMC 1211TX runs just fine in Mandrake 8.0 using the (Realtek) 8139too driver. I have the same card, and it was automatically detected and configured during the installation. If this was not the case for you, add the following line to /etc/modules.conf: alias eth0 8139too where eth0 is the address of the card. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "I'm a bastard. I have absolutely no clue why people can ever think otherwise. Yet they do. People think I'm a nice guy, and the fact is that I'm a scheming, conniving bastard who doesn't care for any hurt feelings or lost hours of work if it just results in what I consider to be a better system." -- Linus Torvalds
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