gentry_joey Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Ok I seem to like Linux so far in looks but holy crap its harder than hell to make it work. All my drivers installed with linux but I cant get my modem to work. Its actually listed under unknown devices though. Ok Im running a intel 536ep modem and I got the latest drivers (mandrake 9.1). Will those work with 9.2. I tryed t install them and when I got to the command "make 536ep" it said I needed to install source kernel. Ok so I went and downloaded 2.6 kernal from kernal.org. Well now Im haveing troubles with it. I got everything working then it said an error about modules-init-tools. So I downloaded that and guess what? Its giving me an error about insmod.something. Ok so what do I do. I would also like to know what an RPM is. I downloaded a modutils or something with that extension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 (edited) Sounds like to me, you've downloaded the new kernel itself. What you need is the kernel source to match with the version in Mandrake 9.2. If you go to Mandrake update, I believe you can get the kernel source there. It's something like kernel-source.2.5.i586.rpm or something like that. It is a pretty big file so it will take a while. Once that is installed, then you should be able to install the drivers no worries. As for what is an rpm, i'll refer you to the Mandrake Docs section at http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/ for the answer. There is heaps of info about Mandrake Linux and all the different packages to install as well as many other things. It's a little old, but the info is stil relevant. Edited March 2, 2004 by spiedra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 To be clear, the kernel-source must match the kernel. The file you listed is not the stock kernel for 9.2. So, unless you have changed your kernel (which you certainly can do) that particular file wuld not be what you need. Anytime you compile a program/driver/file on your machine, the sources for the running kernel must also be installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentry_joey Posted March 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 ok well ill download that rpm. If I want to upgrade to 2.6 how would I go about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 (edited) Download the new kernel and the sources. As root in a terminal: urpmi kernel-sources-2.6.xxxx.i586.rpm Then install the kernel: rpm -Uvh kernel-2.6.xxxx.i586.rpm You will have a new selection in lilo for starting with the new kernel. Rmember that if you are using nvidia drivers, you will have to recomile the drivers before you can go into x. Edited March 2, 2004 by Ixthusdan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salamandra Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Hello to everyone. I had a problem installing my Intel HAM modem and I had to download the kernel source too. You can download the entire 2.4.22-10 kernel source RPM package from http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/9.2 Bye, Salamandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentry_joey Posted March 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 ok well what is the mdk and the numbers in front of them mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 The numbers mean the kernel version. Basicly the higher the number the newer the kernel. mdk means that its a Mandrake modified kernel. Basicly supermount and NTFS support are the big things added by Mandrake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentry_joey Posted March 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 (edited) Ok well I installed the rpm and WOW! It worked. Im online and my new nvidia drivers are updated. w00t. Thank you to everyone espeacially to salamandria for the link although I didn't use it I got the same exact file somewhere else. I appreaciate everyones help. Linux is just gettin better. Edited March 3, 2004 by gentry_joey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croaker1 Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 I installed 9.2 and everything works but my lucent winmodem 11c1:0440 it reconize the modem but will not load drivers for it what do I need to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 Checkout www.linmodems.org for drivers for your winmodem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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