Re: Installing device drivers
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 03:38:33PM -0400, David Meiser wrote: | | > 1. Yes you need to unzip it. If it is a .gz file, use gunzip. If this | >gives you a tar file, 'tar tvf ' will show you what is in | >it, and 'tar xvf ' will extract the files. | | The file I downloaded is actually a .zip, so I'm good there. However, | I'm using Win2K, so getting it onto an ext2 formatted floppy will be an | issue. Do I need to put it on an ext2 floppy or will Linux recognize an | MSDOS formatted floppy no problem? Unless you have removed it, Debian installs with vfat (DOS/Windows) filesystem supported as a module. | > 2. Once you unzip it, what do you have? If it is a .c file, then you | >have something you can use the next time you compile the kernel. If | >you have a .o file, then you have a kernel module which might be | >loaded using 'insmod'. | | In the .zip there are the following files: | | control.adsp.ahal.apctel.optserial.aMakefile | ptmodule.c You want to unzip these into a directory. Whether it is on the floppy or on the harddisk makes little difference. I think there is an "unzip" utility for Unix, but I don't know if Debian has it by default. I recommend unzipping it on the win2k box so as to avoid any possible complications. The .c file is C source code. The .o is an "object" file and contains compiled result of some source, but it is not a complete executable yet. The .a I think are library archives (containing .so shared libraries) but I could be wrong. "Makefile" is a make file ;-). It is a series of instructions that tell 'make' how to build the program. Once you are on the Debian box, cd to the directory where the above files are. Then run 'make' and 'make install' (probably, this is a pretty universal convention). You will need to have the kernel-headers package for your kernel installed. HTH, -D
Re: Installing device drivers
1. Yes you need to unzip it. If it is a .gz file, use gunzip. If this gives you a tar file, 'tar tvf ' will show you what is in it, and 'tar xvf ' will extract the files. The file I downloaded is actually a .zip, so I'm good there. However, I'm using Win2K, so getting it onto an ext2 formatted floppy will be an issue. Do I need to put it on an ext2 floppy or will Linux recognize an MSDOS formatted floppy no problem? 2. Once you unzip it, what do you have? If it is a .c file, then you have something you can use the next time you compile the kernel. If you have a .o file, then you have a kernel module which might be loaded using 'insmod'. In the .zip there are the following files: control.adsp.ahal.apctel.optserial.aMakefile ptmodule.c Don't be afraid to post all the gory details to the group. Exactly what modem is it, where did you get the driver, and what is the driver called? The modem is a CompUSA HSP56 modem using a PCTEL chipset. That is all the information we were able to gather about the modem. Did you check out http://www.linmodems.org ? or http://www.grapevine.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html ? I actually got the driver from a link off of linmodems.org (thanks to my friend). Thanks for the helpDAVE
Re: Installing device drivers
> I recently have decided to install Debian on my computer after a long > absence from the Linux world. However, I bought a cheap Winmodem and > after a long, involved search I have actually found a device driver for > Linux. Can you post the URL? Have you tried looking in http://www.linmodems.org > After consulting with a couple of friends, none of us were able > to figure out, remember, or actually find (in the man pages) how to > install device drivers for hardware not supported in the kernel. I have > not actually installed Debian yet (because of the modem), I can install > the driver during the install. > > Basically, my question comes down to this: if I put the driver on to a > 3.5" diskette, does it need to be zipped (as I downloaded it) or unzipped? > > Thank you...DAVE > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hillel used to say: If I am not for myself who will be for me? Yet, if I am for myself only, what am I? And if not now, when? (Ethics Of The Fathers 1:14)
Installing device drivers
I recently have decided to install Debian on my computer after a long absence from the Linux world. However, I bought a cheap Winmodem and after a long, involved search I have actually found a device driver for Linux. After consulting with a couple of friends, none of us were able to figure out, remember, or actually find (in the man pages) how to install device drivers for hardware not supported in the kernel. I have not actually installed Debian yet (because of the modem), I can install the driver during the install. Basically, my question comes down to this: if I put the driver on to a 3.5" diskette, does it need to be zipped (as I downloaded it) or unzipped? Thank you...DAVE
