Re: Installing Realtek Ethernet Card on Fedora 9
Thanks all. It has been solved. For reference, this was a fresh installation and I didn't make a full system update. In other words, I didn't push that annoying little red thing in the sys tray - u know what I'm talking about. After having that 300 + packages to be downloaded and updated, it worked like charm, alhamdulilah. more -- This is an email sent via The Fedora Community Portal https://fcp.surfsite.org https://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=281745topic_id=60086forum=24#forumpost281745 If you think, this is spam, please report this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and/or blame [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Installing Realtek Ethernet Card on Fedora 9
Thanks Sam for ur advice. first, that quote thing is a good habit but not necessary. Second, I did a full update and it worked. more -- This is an email sent via The Fedora Community Portal https://fcp.surfsite.org https://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=281746topic_id=60086forum=24#forumpost281746 If you think, this is spam, please report this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and/or blame [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Installing Realtek Ethernet Card on Fedora 9
Hi all, I'm trying to install the card using the files and instruction from the vendor's website as Fedora couldn't get the card working after the installation. When using the make clean modules command, I get this: [root@ localhost r8168-8.008.00]# make clean modules make -C src/ clean make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Aiman/Download/r8168-8.008.00/src' rm -rf *.o *.ko *~ core* .dep* .*.d .*.cmd *.mod.c *.a *.s .*.flags .tmp_versions Module.symvers Modules.symvers *.order make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Aiman/Download/r8168-8.008.00/src' make -C src/ modules make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Aiman/Download/r8168-8.008.00/src' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25-14.fc9.i686/build SUBDIRS=/home/Aiman/Download/r8168-8.008.00/src modules make: Entering an unknown directory make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.25-14.fc9.i686/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: Leaving an unknown directory make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Aiman/Download/r8168-8.008.00/src' make: *** [modules] Error 2 [root@ localhost r8168-8.008.00]# And eventually can't continue the installation. As I read through, I used yum to update the kernel-devel package, but with no luck. Thanks, more ps I am a newbie :) -- This is an email sent via The Fedora Community Portal https://fcp.surfsite.org https://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=281396topic_id=60086forum=24#forumpost281396 If you think, this is spam, please report this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and/or blame [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Installing Realtek Ethernet Card on Fedora 9
morethanme writes: Hi all, I'm trying to install the card using the files and instruction from the vendor's website as Fedora couldn't get the card working after the installation. When using the make clean modules command, I get this: [root@ localhost r8168-8.008.00]# make clean modules make -C src/ clean make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Aiman/Download/r8168-8.008.00/src' rm -rf *.o *.ko *~ core* .dep* .*.d .*.cmd *.mod.c *.a *.s .*.flags .tmp_versions Module.symvers Modules.symvers *.order make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Aiman/Download/r8168-8.008.00/src' make -C src/ modules make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Aiman/Download/r8168-8.008.00/src' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25-14.fc9.i686/build SUBDIRS=/home/Aiman/Download/r8168-8.008.00/src modules make: Entering an unknown directory make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.25-14.fc9.i686/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: Leaving an unknown directory make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Aiman/Download/r8168-8.008.00/src' make: *** [modules] Error 2 [root@ localhost r8168-8.008.00]# And eventually can't continue the installation. As I read through, I used yum to update the kernel-devel package, but with no luck. You must have the wrong version of kernel-devel installed. You're running an older kernel, but you probably updated to the most recent kernel-devel package. You must install a matching version of kernel-devel for your running kernel. pgpITCwXs8ioa.pgp Description: PGP signature -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Installing Realtek Ethernet Card on Fedora 9
morethanme writes: Hi Sam, Thanks for ur reply. Would u tell me what should I do or refer me to an internet document. Well, the first thing that you need to do is form a habit that when you reply to a mailing list, you always quote the relevant parts of the message that you're replying to, as I'm doing now. Otherwise, when someone opens your message and reads it, they'll have no idea what you're talking about. My suggestion is to do a complete update to your system. yum update. This will install the latest matching kernel and kernel-devel packages, and, after rebooting, you will be able to proceed and build your driver without too much fuss. If, on the other hand, you have some specific reason for building a driver for your current, older, kernel: remove your existing kernel-devel package, rpm -e kernel-devel; check which version of the kernel rpm you have installed, and you're running; if, for example, uname -r shows 2.6.25.10-86.fc9.i686, then install the matching kernel-devel rpm, yum install kernel-devel-2.6.25.10-86.fc9.i686. But I would also question whether you really need to build your kernel module in the first place. In 2008, I find it rather implausible that you can find a run-of-the-mill Ethernet card, especially a Realtek, that's not directly supported by the Linux kernel. Before wasting your time, you should check if you really need to do this. Just because the manufacturer offers a downloadable driver doesn't mean that it's not already in the kernel. You may be wasting your time, here, for no good reason. pgp10rMUG0N1d.pgp Description: PGP signature -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
