On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 16:49 +0100, Greg Frith wrote: > Hi, > > > I'm setting up a reasonably old PC with FC5 to use primarily as a test > server for web development. A few days ago i installed FC5 and spent > 2 days trying to configure a wireless network card. Having finally > compiled the kernel with the additional drivers for the wireless card > i got it up and running and everything was fine. The box was hidden > away in a corner (where my partner couldn't see it) and all was good. > This morning however the hard disk went in the machine, so i had to > purchase a new disk and start all over again. > > > So my present situation: Not wanting to go through the pane of > setting up a wireless card again, i thought I'd save myself a great > deal of hassle and put a standard wired ethernet card in. So i did, a > Netgear GA311 which i believe uses the Realtek 8169 chip set. I'd > already checked online and everyone reported this card as working > hassle free under fedora. But not for me. On boot I see the message: > > > r8169 device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialisation > > > I get the same message if i do ifup eth0. ifconfig -a does not list > eth0. > > > Using the GUI tool Network Manager the device can be seen under > hardware. > > > So the network card not working is the first problem, any thoughts > gratefully received. > > > In order to try and fix this i have downloaded linux drivers from the > Realtek site. To install i need the kernel source, so i also > downloaded kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.i686.rpm. When i try to > install this rpm i get: > > > -> rpm -Uvh kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.i686.rpm > error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES. You must be root to do the "rpm -Uvh" (I'd recommend "rpm -ivh"). Also note that the "kernel-devel" RPM is NOT the kernel source RPM. It is only the kernel headers..and is usually enough to build most 3rd party drivers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
