On 08Jan2012 17:05, Donald <[email protected]> wrote: | I am running Centos 5.5.3 on a Dell XPS M1210 laptop. This computer has | only one Network port and I want to install a USB Ethernet adapter to give | me an extra network connector. I have several of these little adapters, | some with driver disk that claim to be Linux compatible. Being new to | Linux, I can't get the computer to look for a driver on the DVD drive. | Can somebody give me a few hints.
I would start by ignoring the driver disks. The linux kernel has support for many adapters and I would expect the Centos kernel build to include a lot of them. So: plug in USB adaptor see if something new shows up in "/sbin/ifconfig -a" see if "dmesg | tail -100" shows the adapter getting noticed Let us know what transpires. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[email protected]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. - Walter Elliott ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
