On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 00:21 -0500, Mathew S. Nowend wrote: > Marc, > I am 100% positive I am now running FC3. I downloaded it through a mirror > site from fedora. Anyways I was able to again to get the install to go > smooth by disabling the eth0. I followed your instructions by downloading > the patch and the instructions for installing it. When I went to compile it > this time I got a long list of errors they were listed from 911 to over > 1300. (Not sequential, they skipped numbers) Here is a sample of the > errors I did receive. > > /root/b44/b44.c: 976: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type. > /root/b44/b44.c: In function 'b44_free_rings': > /root/b44/b44.c: In function 'b44_change_mtu': > /root/b44/b44.c: In function 'b44_init_rings': > /root/b44/b44.c: In function 'b44_free_consistent': > /root/b44/b44.c: In function 'b44_allow_consistant': > /root/b44/b44.c: In function 'b44_chip_reset': > /root/b44/b44.c: In function '_b44_set_mac_addr': > /root/b44/b44.c: In function 'b44_init_hw': > > Make [1] *** [/root/b44/b44.0] Error 1. > Make: *** [_module_/root/b44> Error 2. > Make: leaving directory /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.541/build > > Hey help would be greatly appreciated > > Thanks > Mathew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mathew S. Nowend [mailto:mathewnowend@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 7:58 AM > To: MSchwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'For users of Fedora Core releases' > Cc: mathewnowend@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Can someone please help I have been stuck for days. > > After I extract the b44-bk-tgz file and extract it it makes the b44 file. I > go into that file and chmod +x compile and run it. Then I run the compile > executable and this is the error I get. > > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.541/build/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 11: gcc: command > not found. > > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1.541/build/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 12: gcc: command > not found. > > Cc [M] /root/b44/b44.0 > Make [1] *** [_module_/root/b44]error 2 > Make: leaving dir 'lib/modules/2.6.8-1.541/build' > > > Thanks > Mathew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Schwartz [mailto:MSchwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 8:09 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Cc: Mathew S. Nowend > Subject: RE: Can someone please help I have been stuck for days. > > On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 19:34 -0500, Mathew S. Nowend wrote: > > Okay I am able to boot into FC3. I did try to go into ispci and it said > it > > didn't exist. It is a intergrated NIC BCM 4401 I did follow the link from > > below and I don't know where to get the kernel to update mine and then I > do > > not know how to replace it. > > > > Mathew > > Mathew, > > First, the command that I mentioned is lspci (the first character is a > lower case "L"). > > For the fix, download Pekka's patch file at: > > http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~pp/b44-bk.tgz > > The above is listed in comment #66 on the bugzilla page that I indicated > earlier: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118165 > > Extract the above file into a folder. The main folder for the patch > files will be called "b44". > > Change into that directory. Now change the mode of the file called > 'compile' so that it is executable" > > chmod +x compile > > Now, run that command: > > ./compile > > If the compile completes successfully, the result will be a series of > new files, but the one of interest is called 'b44.ko'. > > Now (as root) copy that file to the kernel drivers directory: > > cp b44.ko /lib/modules/2.6.9-1.667/kernel/drivers/net/b44.ko > > You will likely be prompted to overwrite the existing file. Yes, you do > want to do this. > > Now, you need to manually unload the current b44 module and then reload > the new one. Also done as root: > > rmmod b44 > > then > > modprobe b44 > > > Now, you should be able to configure and use your NIC. > > If you have any problems with this procedure, post back here. > > Note, that until this bug is closed, presumably indicating that the > patch has found it's way to FC3 via a new kernel update, you will need > to repeat the above procedure for any new kernel updates that you > install. So save this e-mail and the above patch files. You may want to > add your e-mail address to the cc: for the above Bugzilla report so that > you can keep track of any progress. > > HTH, > > Marc Schwartz > > > > > >
