Oogitsmelol

Alright, i just installed fedora core 6 (dual boot with XP). it does not recognize my lan driver. i have a Realtek RTL8169/8110 (taken from device manager, so not sure on the exact model) and i have downloaded the drivers for linux. ok, now from here, i have no idea what to do. i have very very little experience with linux, so i will need specifics. i know a few commands, but not enough to actually do anything... also, i have created a fat32 partition to share between linux and windows, but i dont know how to get anything off of it in linux, since its not seeing it when i go to computer or whatever. any help will be appreciated.

Oogitsmelol

aha i may have figured it out (not really, but i didnt know make was a command, so now the instructions make a little bit more sense) so im going to go and try it and if i figure it out, i will edit this post to reflect my achievement.

ok... didnt work. i tried to, but it kept coming up with errors, that i probably should have written down but didnt think to. is it possible its just the wrong drivers, or its just not going to work?

Bartender

See if this thread helps any
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi....php?p=2679073

Oogitsmelol

ok, i have those drivers. ive followed all of the instructions on the readme, but when i go to do like make clean install or whatever it says, i get two errors. i will try it again in a little bit, and actually save the output. it says on the fedora page that it comes with kernel 2.6 something, which the drivers should work for. if it comes down to it, i can buy a new network card, but i dont really want to use the money when its just a driver thing.

PureEvilDan

Can you also include the output from:
It will let us know the exact network card your running and linux kernel.

lspci | grep Ethenet && uname -a

Oogitsmelol

will do. i should have it up later on tonight. one thing i have realized though, ubuntu can use the network card without having to install the drivers. so if i cant get this to work, then i will just use ubuntu instead. the only reason i didnt use it in the first place is because we use it at school and i just wanted to try something different.

Oogitsmelol

ok heres the messages i got.

[root@localhost r1000_v1.05]# make clean install
make -C src/ clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/r1000_v1.05/src'
rm -rf *.o *.ko *~ core* .dep* .*.d .*.cmd *.mod.c *.a *.s .*.flags .tmp_versions
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/r1000_v1.05/src'
make -C src/ install
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/r1000_v1.05/src'
install -m 644 -c r1000.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/net/
install: cannot stat `r1000.ko': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/r1000_v1.05/src'
make: *** [install] Error 2

[root@localhost r1000_v1.05]# make install
make -C src/ install
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/r1000_v1.05/src'
install -m 644 -c r1000.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/net/
install: cannot stat `r1000.ko': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/r1000_v1.05/src'
make: *** [install] Error 2

Could it be because my folder with the drivers in it is on the desktop? oh and the lspc command didnt work. it said something like bash: lspc command not recognized. duh, i see why now... i forgot the i. ill will post the stuff from that later on tonight.

Oogitsmelol

ok, after really thinking about it, i think i will just install and get rid of fedora. since i dont really know what i am doing with linux, i think that may be the best path for me to take. that way i can learn what i am doing with an os that i can connect to the internet from without having to restart my computer every time i try to figure out how to do something. now comes my next question... how do i get rid of fedora to install ubuntu? oh and one more thing... ubuntu or kubuntu? i know thats more of a personal preference, and from the screenshots i do kind of prefer the way kubuntu looks. is one easier than the other? well since i have to burn it to a cd anyways, i will try it out first, just wondering what you think about them.

Oogitsmelol

ok, we dont have to worry about this thread anymore. i went ahead and installed kubuntu. it works for my network card, im using konqueror right now to type this message. thanks anyways.