Peter J.M. van Tulder wrote:
Who can help me? I cannot reach the internet with SuSE Linux!!!!!! :-(
I'm anxious to change from windows to Linux, but in spite of all my efforts I did not succeed in getting SuSE Linux 7.3 working. The basic installation was no problem at all. YaST2 worked fine and configuring most of my hardware was fixed in a minute, except for:
* At first my ISDN-adapter (Eicon Diva 2.01 ISA) was only partly recognized by SuSE 7.3, so I could not reach the internet and I had to manage again with windows.
* Recently I changed to ADSL / ethernet LAN, using a Sweex LANCard ethernet card and an Alcatel SpeedTouch 510i router modem to access the internet. Again I tried to install SuSE Linux 7.3. This time the Sweex LANCard could not be configured (inactive) in SuSE Linux 7.3.
I thought to have found the solution to my problem on the website of Sweex: a driver file to be used with Linux kernel 2.4.x.: 'mtd80x-linux-2.4.x.tgz' was tested with SuSE Linux 7.2, so it should also work with SuSE 7.3.
However, the textfile with instructions to install this driver in SuSE Linux 7.3 was not complete.
************************************************************************ ******************************* * I really hope that someone can help me to install the Linux driver for my network card. * ************************************************************************ *******************************
According to the Sweex instructions, the following steps should be followed:
1. Copy 'mtd80x-linux-2.4.x.tgz' to /tmp
2. tar -zxvf mtd80x-linux-2.4.x.tgz (uncompress)
A new (sub)directory 'linux-2.4.x' was created with the following files: * kern_compat.h * Makefile * mtd80x.c * pci-scan.c * pci-scan.h * Readme.txt
(Of course these 2 steps are clear and gave no problem!)
3. Make network adapter driver modules via: touch * make clean make
---> After 'make clean' I got the following message: make: *** No rule to make target 'clean'. Stop.
The instructions in the text file mentioned that a file 'version.h' is expected. ---> But this file is not present in the created subdirectory 'linux-2.4.x' when used with SuSE Linux 7.2 / 7.3.
For SuSE Linux you have to run 'make config' or 'make menuconfig' at /usr/src/linux to create it.
---> My problem is that I don't have a subdirectory '/usr/src/linux'.
Where can I find/create the file 'version.h'? Who knows?
4. After step 3 the network adapter driver modules should be inserted via: insmod pciscan.o insmod mtd80x.o
---> Where should those driver modules be placed (in which subdirectory?).
5. Bind your card to an IP address ifconfig eth0 (IPADDR) netmask (NETMASK) ->
('ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.150 netmask 255.255.255.0' should do the job)
6. Now you should be able to ping the local network But: every time you reboot the system, you must execute step 4 and 5 again to bind your card :-(
I would be very happy if someone can give me some hints!
(I would even more happy if YaST2 could configure my network ethernet adapter card automatically (although I understand that it is not possible to integrate all network adapter cards on the market in SuSE Linux YaST2. However Linux is worthless nowadays if you cannot access the internet!!!)
Thanks, Peter
First you need to install the source of your kernel. It's called something like "kernel-source-2.4.16.rpm". Then try again... Let me know how it worked out..... -- -- Thanks in advance, Stefan -------------------------------------------------------------- Linux a world without borders, fences, windows and gates..... Titanic98 "Which computer do you want to sink today????"