it's a US Robotics card, and I got the driver from usr.com (they had a link to an unsupported linux driver... yes, i meant ./configure... i don't remember the error messages i was getting, but this weekend i can probably find some time to recreate it... actually, if i remember correctly, after about 45 minutes i think i got it to go through without error messages, but when i tried to use the card, it wouldn't work... anyway, thanx for the help... i'll post more info when i get it (this is a problem that i had a while ago... ~Erin
--- David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about some more details: > 1. What's the exact model of the card? > 2. Where did you get the driver? > 3. Did you mean ./configure instead of ./config? > > Just to provide an overview of how drivers are installed under Linux > (when compiling from source): > > Usually, the ./configure command will create all the Makefiles > necessary > to build the driver. Then, you type "make" to start the build > (compilation) process. That creates a couple small files with .o as > the > extension. These are the drivers. Then, typing "make install" copies > those files to a directory in /lib/modules. That way, you can say > "insmod driver_name" and it will start using the driver. It's usually > > better to get a binary version of the driver (usually, an rpm file). > > Hope this helps. Let us know the details of your question, and we'll > see > if we can get some better answers. > > --Dave > > Erin! wrote: > > >okay, so i have a wireless card (US Robotics) and it works fine when > >i'm in windows, but even though i've installed a linux driver, it > >refuses to work... i'm not very good at installing from tars, so > maybe > >i'm doing something wrong, but i typed in: > >tar -zxvf tarname.tar > >then tried ./config, make, make install, etc.... i even read the > >README that was inside the tarball, but none of that seemed to > work... > >im' not sure if i'm just inept or what... i've had similar problems > >with other programs i've tried to install... am i skipping steps in > >the install process???? > >~Erin > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies ===== �The pledge of allegiance to the flag is a pledge to the ideals of our forefathers, the men who fought and died in the building of this great nation. It is a pledge to fulfill our duties and obligations as citizens of the United States, and to uphold the principles of our constitution. And last but not least, it is a pledge to maintain the four great freedoms treasured by all Americans: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.� ~Lee Greenwood __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
