At 18:42:33 on Friday Friday 18 December 2009, Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@opensuse.org> wrote:
On 17/12/09 18:13, Stan Goodman wrote:
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