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Stan Goodman

17 Dec 2009 17 Dec '09

21:13

I now have on my notebook machine an installation of v11.2/KDE4need to install a dri, exactly in the condition in which it was installed from the DVD, but with the kernel source added. In order to go further (to update it and to install Enlighten with which to replace the KDE4), I need to install a driver for the NIC (RealTek r8166). I have the driver, and have extracted it from the archive in which it came: #tar -jxvf r8168-8.015.00.tar.bz2 and need now to compile it. The first line of the makefile is (followed by its consequences): # make clean modules make -C src/ clean make[1]: Entering directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src' rm -rf *.o *.ko *~ core* .dep* .*.d .*.cmd *.mod.c *.a *.s .*.flags .tmp_versions Module.symvers Modules.symvers Module.markers *.order make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src' make -C src/ modules make[1]: Entering directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build SUBDIRS=/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src modules make: Entering an unknown directory make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: Leaving an unknown directory make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src' make: *** [modules] Error 2 # What exactly is it that happened? I am not clear on what is the name of the directory(?) that is missing. "modules"? Doesn't sount likely. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Per Jessen

18 Dec 18 Dec

07:59

Stan Goodman wrote:

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and need now to compile it. The first line of the makefile is (followed by its consequences):

# make clean modules make -C src/ clean make[1]: Entering directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src' rm -rf *.o *.ko *~ core* .dep* .*.d .*.cmd *.mod.c *.a *.s .*.flags .tmp_versions Module.symvers Modules.symvers Module.markers *.order make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src' make -C src/ modules make[1]: Entering directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build SUBDIRS=/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src modules make: Entering an unknown directory make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: Leaving an unknown directory make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src' make: *** [modules] Error 2 #

What exactly is it that happened? I am not clear on what is the name of the directory(?) that is missing. "modules"? Doesn't sount likely.

What is missing is "/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build". Do you have the kernel source for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop installed? "build" is usually a symlink to the source. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (0.0°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Stan Goodman

10:26

At 09:59:33 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen wrote:

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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and need now to compile it. The first line of the makefile is (followed by its consequences):

# make clean modules make -C src/ clean make[1]: Entering directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src' rm -rf *.o *.ko *~ core* .dep* .*.d .*.cmd *.mod.c *.a *.s .*.flags .tmp_versions Module.symvers Modules.symvers Module.markers *.order make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src' make -C src/ modules make[1]: Entering directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build SUBDIRS=/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src modules make: Entering an unknown directory make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: Leaving an unknown directory make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/stan/RealNIC/r8168-8.015.00/src' make: *** [modules] Error 2 #

What exactly is it that happened? I am not clear on what is the name of the directory(?) that is missing. "modules"? Doesn't sount likely.

What is missing is "/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build". Do you have the kernel source for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop installed? "build" is usually a symlink to the source.

/Per

-- Per Jessen, Zürich (0.0°C)

The kernel source is installed, as is kernel-desktop, but I see nothing in the list from Software Management about kernel source for desktop. Also in my desktop box, Software Manage doesn't show anything with kernel, desktop, and source all in the same line.. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Per Jessen

10:35

Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 09:59:33 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen wrote:

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What is missing is "/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build". Do you have the kernel source for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop installed? "build" is usually a symlink to the source.

The kernel source is installed, as is kernel-desktop, but I see nothing in the list from Software Management about kernel source for desktop. Also in my desktop box, Software Manage doesn't show anything with kernel, desktop, and source all in the same line..

Hi Stan can you post the output of ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ thanks Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-2.9°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Stan Goodman

10:44

At 12:35:11 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen wrote:

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 09:59:33 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen

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What is missing is "/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build". Do you have the kernel source for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop installed? "build" is usually a symlink to the source.

The kernel source is installed, as is kernel-desktop, but I see nothing in the list from Software Management about kernel source for desktop. Also in my desktop box, Software Manage doesn't show anything with kernel, desktop, and source all in the same line..

Hi Stan

can you post the output of ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/

***** ~> ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ total 2176 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 2009-12-01 10:02 build -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.39-0.2-obj/x86_64/default drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 2009-11-23 19:37 kernel -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 465456 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.alias -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.ccwmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 425474 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.dep -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 813 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.ieee1394map -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 375 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.inputmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7440 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.isapnpmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.ofmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74968 2009-11-23 19:37 modules.order -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 318963 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.pcimap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1135 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.seriomap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 187610 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.symbols -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 680206 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.usbmap lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2009-12-01 10:02 source -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.39-0.2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-12-01 10:02 vdso drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-12-01 10:02 weak-updates ~> ***** -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Stan Goodman

10:54

At 12:44:54 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 12:35:11 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 09:59:33 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen

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What is missing is "/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build". Do you have the kernel source for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop installed? "build" is usually a symlink to the source.

The kernel source is installed, as is kernel-desktop, but I see nothing in the list from Software Management about kernel source for desktop. Also in my desktop box, Software Manage doesn't show anything with kernel, desktop, and source all in the same line..

Hi Stan

can you post the output of ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/

*****

I see the mismatch of the source. But I don't know how it got that way, since the only place any of OS has come from is the DVD. If there is a mismatch, it is in the DVD.

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~> ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ total 2176 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 2009-12-01 10:02 build -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.39-0.2-obj/x86_64/default drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 2009-11-23 19:37 kernel -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 465456 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.alias -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.ccwmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 425474 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.dep -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 813 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.ieee1394map -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 375 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.inputmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7440 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.isapnpmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.ofmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74968 2009-11-23 19:37 modules.order -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 318963 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.pcimap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1135 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.seriomap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 187610 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.symbols -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 680206 2009-12-01 10:03 modules.usbmap lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2009-12-01 10:02 source -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.39-0.2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-12-01 10:02 vdso drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-12-01 10:02 weak-updates ~> *****

-- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel

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Per Jessen

11:15

Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 12:44:54 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 12:35:11 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen

wrote:

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 09:59:33 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen

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What is missing is "/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build". Do you have the kernel source for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop installed? "build" is usually a symlink to the source.

The kernel source is installed, as is kernel-desktop, but I see nothing in the list from Software Management about kernel source for desktop. Also in my desktop box, Software Manage doesn't show anything with kernel, desktop, and source all in the same line..

Hi Stan

can you post the output of ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/

*****

I see the mismatch of the source. But I don't know how it got that way, since the only place any of OS has come from is the DVD. If there is a mismatch, it is in the DVD.

The mismatch is more that you're trying to build the module for '2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop', when you should be building for '2.6.27.39-0.2'. I wonder if that is somehow a left-over from the previous build (of the driver). Is there a makefile or config file where you can change the target kernel-version? /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-2.8°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Stan Goodman

22:02

At 13:15:18 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen wrote:

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 12:44:54 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Stan Goodman

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At 12:35:11 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 09:59:33 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen

wrote:

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What is missing is "/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build". Do you have the kernel source for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop installed? "build" is usually a symlink to the source.

The kernel source is installed, as is kernel-desktop, but I see nothing in the list from Software Management about kernel source for desktop. Also in my desktop box, Software Manage doesn't show anything with kernel, desktop, and source all in the same line..

Hi Stan

can you post the output of ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/

*****

I see the mismatch of the source. But I don't know how it got that way, since the only place any of OS has come from is the DVD. If there is a mismatch, it is in the DVD.

The mismatch is more that you're trying to build the module for '2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop', when you should be building for '2.6.27.39-0.2'. I wonder if that is somehow a left-over from the previous build (of the driver). Is there a makefile or config file where you can change the target kernel-version?

There are two (2) makefiles, and one has an autorun file (one of the two makefiles stands alone, while the other is in a directory with the autorun.. The driver is claimed to be for 2.6.xx and 2.4.xx, and as far as I can inspect the scripts, there is no mention of number past the 4 or 6. The driver I have, by the way, is a quite new one, only months old. It has been suggested that I abandon this driver, and simply use the r8169 driver that is already in the kernel. The reason I have not done that is that the instructions that come with the r8168 are very explicit about removing the r8169 driver before anything else; that is also in the scripts, of course. I don't know why they do this, but if I can be assured that the r8169 would do the job, nothing would please me more than just to use it. I hope someone will comment. The d/l of a new v11.2 iso crashed an hour short of completion, so a new one is going on now. I have had a deuce of a time with the installer, by the way, that has screwed up my existing partitions. This never happened with previous openSuSE installations. "Screwed up" means that it has moved the boundary of the extended partition (this is not my imagination; DFSee complains about it), and it insists upon deleting existing partitions; I have found no way while editing the proposed partitioning to keep it from doing this. In this way, it has trashed two other oS installations (that worked!) that I wanted to use for evaluationg desktop programs. I am sore tempted to just stay with v11.1/KDE3. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Per Jessen

10:56

Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 12:35:11 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen wrote:

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 09:59:33 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen

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What is missing is "/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build". Do you have the kernel source for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop installed? "build" is usually a symlink to the source.

The kernel source is installed, as is kernel-desktop, but I see nothing in the list from Software Management about kernel source for desktop. Also in my desktop box, Software Manage doesn't show anything with kernel, desktop, and source all in the same line..

Hi Stan

can you post the output of ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/

***** ~> ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ total 2176 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 2009-12-01 10:02 build -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.39-0.2-obj/x86_64/default

So the kernel you're running is 2.6.27.39-0.2, but you're building for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop ? I think you need to double check that you've got the kernel source for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop installed. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-2.9°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Stan Goodman

11:14

At 12:56:28 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen wrote:

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 12:35:11 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 09:59:33 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen

wrote:

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What is missing is "/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/build". Do you have the kernel source for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop installed? "build" is usually a symlink to the source.

The kernel source is installed, as is kernel-desktop, but I see nothing in the list from Software Management about kernel source for desktop. Also in my desktop box, Software Manage doesn't show anything with kernel, desktop, and source all in the same line..

Hi Stan

can you post the output of ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/

***** ~> ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ total 2176 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 2009-12-01 10:02 build -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.39-0.2-obj/x86_64/default

So the kernel you're running is 2.6.27.39-0.2, but you're building for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop ? I think you need to double check that you've got the kernel source for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop installed.

/Per

Since I noticed this, I have been examining the list of kernel-related packages in Software Management. Everything there is 2.6.31.5.0.1.1, and kernel-default, kernel-desktop, and kernel-source are installed. How to go about replacing the existing the existing terminal (the arrival of which I cannot understand0 with the one that is claimed to be on the DVD and installed? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Per Jessen

11:30

Stan Goodman wrote:

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So the kernel you're running is 2.6.27.39-0.2, but you're building for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop ? I think you need to double check that you've got the kernel source for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop installed.

/Per

Since I noticed this, I have been examining the list of kernel-related packages in Software Management. Everything there is 2.6.31.5.0.1.1, and kernel-default, kernel-desktop, and kernel-source are installed.

But you're running a different kernel ? I guess you did reboot after installing or upgrading? /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-2.8°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Stan Goodman

11:46

At 13:30:00 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen wrote:

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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So the kernel you're running is 2.6.27.39-0.2, but you're building for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop ? I think you need to double check that you've got the kernel source for 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop installed.

/Per

Since I noticed this, I have been examining the list of kernel-related packages in Software Management. Everything there is 2.6.31.5.0.1.1, and kernel-default, kernel-desktop, and kernel-source are installed.

But you're running a different kernel ? I guess you did reboot after installing or upgrading?

I rebooted, of course. But the installation has no connection with the world, no NIC and no WiFi. I think the way to go is to start from scratch again. Thanks. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Per Jessen

11:59

Stan Goodman wrote:

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Since I noticed this, I have been examining the list of kernel-related packages in Software Management. Everything there is 2.6.31.5.0.1.1, and kernel-default, kernel-desktop, and kernel-source are installed.

But you're running a different kernel ? I guess you did reboot after installing or upgrading?

I rebooted, of course. But the installation has no connection with the world, no NIC and no WiFi.

Stan, any chance you've got the i386 sources instead of the x64_86 ? /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-2.2°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Stan Goodman

15:49

At 13:59:15 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen wrote:

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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Since I noticed this, I have been examining the list of kernel-related packages in Software Management. Everything there is 2.6.31.5.0.1.1, and kernel-default, kernel-desktop, and kernel-source are installed.

But you're running a different kernel ? I guess you did reboot after installing or upgrading?

I rebooted, of course. But the installation has no connection with the world, no NIC and no WiFi.

Stan, any chance you've got the i386 sources instead of the x64_86 ?

At this point I would not like to swear to anything. I have been d/l things for years and have never made such an error, but who knows? I did start from scratch, have done absolutely nothing to the installation except get "make" and "kernel-source" from the DVD, and ran into the same error when trying to install the NIC driver. Also at this point, the less said the better about Konqueror's new ("it's the future") personality which tells me only that an object is a Volume, w hile carefully concealing which one it might be. To be fair, Dolphin has the same problem. I'll download a fresh copy of 11.2 overnight, and attack the matter afresh in the morning, to be sure. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Stan Goodman

16:34

At 13:59:15 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen wrote:

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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Since I noticed this, I have been examining the list of kernel-related packages in Software Management. Everything there is 2.6.31.5.0.1.1, and kernel-default, kernel-desktop, and kernel-source are installed.

But you're running a different kernel ? I guess you did reboot after installing or upgrading?

I rebooted, of course. But the installation has no connection with the world, no NIC and no WiFi.

Stan, any chance you've got the i386 sources instead of the x64_86 ?

For the record: I am downloading the iso from the server that I got it from before. The only link on the page that is shown in red, indicating that it was used recently, is the one ending with "...x85_64.iso" and the corresponding md5 file. Evidently, I did not goof. I didn't think I did. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Per Jessen

16:57

Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 13:59:15 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Per Jessen wrote:

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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Since I noticed this, I have been examining the list of kernel-related packages in Software Management. Everything there is 2.6.31.5.0.1.1, and kernel-default, kernel-desktop, and kernel-source are installed.

But you're running a different kernel ? I guess you did reboot after installing or upgrading?

I rebooted, of course. But the installation has no connection with the world, no NIC and no WiFi.

Stan, any chance you've got the i386 sources instead of the x64_86 ?

For the record: I am downloading the iso from the server that I got it from before. The only link on the page that is shown in red, indicating that it was used recently, is the one ending with "...x85_64.iso" and the corresponding md5 file. Evidently, I did not goof. I didn't think I did.

Okay - the kernel in openSUSE 11.2 is 2.6.31.5 so you should end up with that as the active kernel. Install the sources as well, and then try to rebuild your driver. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-3.6°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Cristian Rodríguez

16:42

On 17/12/09 18:13, Stan Goodman wrote:

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I now have on my notebook machine an installation of v11.2/KDE4need to install a dri, exactly in the condition in which it was installed from the DVD, but with the kernel source added. In order to go further (to update it and to install Enlighten with which to replace the KDE4), I need to install a driver for the NIC (RealTek r8166).

I have the driver, and have extracted it from the archive in which it came:

#tar -jxvf r8168-8.015.00.tar.bz2

Why ? Drivers for this should be already in kernel.. what does hwinfo --netcard says ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Stan Goodman

17:48

At 18:42:33 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:

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On 17/12/09 18:13, Stan Goodman wrote:

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I now have on my notebook machine an installation of v11.2/KDE4need to install a dri, exactly in the condition in which it was installed from the DVD, but with the kernel source added. In order to go further (to update it and to install Enlighten with which to replace the KDE4), I need to install a driver for the NIC (RealTek r8166).

I have the driver, and have extracted it from the archive in which it came:

#tar -jxvf r8168-8.015.00.tar.bz2

Why ? Drivers for this should be already in kernel.. what does hwinfo --netcard says ?

I have not looked for it, but it is my understanding that the drive in the kernel is r8169. Supposedly the RTL8168 card would be supported by either, but for reasons unknown to me, the instructions with the driver are very clear that the r8169 should be removed. I have assumed that RealTek knows what they are talking about (no comment), and have tried to follow them blindly. Perhaps next time around, which with any luck will be tomorrow morning, I should just start configuring, and see if the r8169 is recognized and works. If somebody knows something, please comment. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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