Hi Mark, ---- Mark Gray wrote:
[snip...] The point is that the card is a new one, and the old driver will not work with it.
The new driver needs the installed and configured kernel source code in order to compile.
SuSE could place an rpm of Donald Becker's new drivers on their ftp site.
May be of great interest to send a _wish_ to SuSE, don't you think so??
He gave away his copy of SuSE-6.4, needs kernel source to compile a driver, so to me, downloading 2.2.16 from SuSE is the best solution.
Great, as you are!!
Anyway it is a good practice and his first time, though.
Definitely -- I think every Linux user needs to get his fingers dirty with the source code their computer runs -- otherwise there is no point to using Linux that I can see (but then, as a programmer, I can not begin to understand why non-programmers (and even more puzzling, people who do not want to learn to program) waste their time and money on computers).
Agree with you completely!! =`8) As a comment (reposted from suse-security): Did you notice in Kernel Traffic #77 For 24 Jul ['gcc-2.91.66' Recommended For Kernel Compilation] http://kt.linuxcare.com/kernel-traffic/kt20000724_77.epl#9 in which Zack Brown writes: [In the course of discussion, Linus Torvalds mentioned that he used 'gcc-2.91.66', and that 'gcc-2.7.2' was "compiler non-grata". Richard Gooch replied, "Aha! Now I know what compiler you're using. Is there general agreement in the cabal that gcc-2.91.66 is Good[tm]?" Alan Cox and Randy Dunlap confirmed this, and the thread ended.] -- HTH Best regards, Eduardo Carriles [-- Better a smile than a flame --] (Long time SuSE-Linux [preferred distro] user). [-- Se me nota mucho? -- Notices me much?] [-- Have a lot of fun...] -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq