king_scott_2 Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Hi all. I have just got an aldi computer (medion MD8083) and find that mandrake 10 I just installed. I am a compleate newbie at linux and need a few pointers. 1) how do I find and install drivers for the radion 9800XXL video card? 2) same thing for my Prism 802.11g wireless network card. Everything is working hunky dory Thanks, P.S Yay my first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 1: You need the ATI drivers. http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html Good luck with that. Problems are almost certain. 2: What Prism card do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_scott_2 Posted September 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Thanks for the drivers page. I don't know what type of prism card I have as all it says in windows is Prism 802.11g card. If you could direct me to how I could find out that would be helpful. If it helps my computer is a medion MD8083 (aldi computer.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Look in the Mandrake Control Center (MCC) for more information about wireless card. Or, open a console, and type lspci and copy and paste the relevent details here (if you get 'command not found' you need to install the package 'pciutils' ie. as root, urpmi pciutils. For more information about urpmi look in the FAQs) Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_scott_2 Posted September 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 I e-mailed medion technical support asking them what type of wireless network card I have and this was their reply Scott, I am using the MD8083 as my work computer for the Medion Helpdesk. I have rand sci soft sandra and looked in device manager and the driver is installed as "PRISM 802.11g Wireless Adapter" Device manager also states the wireless adapter manufacturer is "GlobespanVirata, Inc." However when searching the internet for the manufactuer GlobalspanVirata,inc the following url was discoverd. http://www.emweb.com/ The homepage of this website states that GlobalspanVirata is now Conextant. Therefore the following conextant web site contains windows conextant drivers for WLAN 802.11g adapters. However i am unsure of the availiability of linux drivers for the WLAN 802.11g network card. Unfortunatley we only support the windows XP home edition operating system. Thanks for your enquiry David Buttigieg Medion Helpdesk 1300884987 I'm trying something called LinuxAnt to get it to work. I'll let you know how I go Thanks, Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 If that doesn't work use a newer kernel (at least 2.6.5 http://www.prism54.org/), or wait a few days/weeks for Mandrake 10.1 Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_scott_2 Posted September 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 If that doesn't work use a newer kernel (at least 2.6.5 http://www.prism54.org/), or wait a few days/weeks for Mandrake 10.1 Good luck. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ran those things. This is the output [scott@LINUX scott]$ uname -r2.4.25-2mdk [scott@LINUX scott]$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to AGP Controller (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB2 (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev c2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB LPC Interface Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB SMBus Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4e4a 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4e6a 02:00.0 Network controller: Harris Semiconductor: Unknown device 3886 (rev 01) 02:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7134 (rev 01) 02:04.0 Communication controller: Intel Corp. 536EP Data Fax Modem 02:09.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III] (rev 8b) 02:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46) p.s Where can I get this new kernal. What is a kernal? will it support any extra hardware. Thanks. p.s My linux computer can not get on the net as I need to run the internet through a proxy server (through my wireless LAN) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 (edited) The kernel is the heart of Linux. There are different versions: 2.4xxx and 2.6xxxx (and before that 2.2,.2.0 and don't ask about 2.3 and 2.5 :) )With the kernel come modules (drivers in Windows). The newer the kernel, the better the hardware support (or at least that's what it supposed to be). (so 2.6 is 'better' than 2.4) Anyway, to cut a long story short. Just wait a few more days/weeks for Mandrake 10.1 and wireless support should work out of the box (I hope). 02:00.0 Network controller: Harris Semiconductor: Unknown device 3886 (rev 01) That's your wirelss card. Unknown device means that there is no module (driver) for it. With a newer kernel (and the new module) it should be recognized. Edited September 16, 2004 by devries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_scott_2 Posted September 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 The kernel is the heart of Linux. There are different versions: 2.4xxx and 2.6xxxx (and before that 2.2,.2.0 and don't ask about 2.3 and 2.5 :) )With the kernel come modules (drivers in Windows). The newer the kernel, the better the hardware support (or at least that's what it supposed to be). (so 2.6 is 'better' than 2.4) Anyway, to cut a long story short. Just wait a few more days/weeks for Mandrake 10.1 and wireless support should work out of the box (I hope). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But I want it now :( How long would it take to download 10.1 with a 56k modem. I don't have internet connection on my linux machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_scott_2 Posted September 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 Just been googling. Is the place download kernels www.kernel.org I donloaded the top one and it was only 335kb (does not sound right) Can you please point me in the right direction on where I can install it now. p.s Thanks for your help You have been a real help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 (edited) http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/li...2.6.8.1.tar.bz2 This is the one (34MB). You need F for full version. And read this threat for help: http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtop...kernel++install There is one thing: On a Mandrake with 2.4 kernel (like yours) it's almost impossible to build a 2.6 kernel (some tools were changed between the 2 kernel versions). You have the Mandrake 10? Install first the Mandrake 2.6 driver and boot into this kernel. That will take care of all dependencies and building a new kernel will be much easier. Good luck PS no problem :) Just in: http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/101/community Edited September 16, 2004 by devries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_scott_2 Posted September 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Ok so where can I download this mandrake 10.1 (i'll just do it at school and leave it going over night.) I do not want to pay for something I don't know will work. I found some beta testing downloads on the web for mandrake 10.1 is this version the same as the beta versions, if I have to pay and if it is the same i'll just download that. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Only clubmembers can download it now. You'll have to wait a few weeks or copy the CDs from a clubmember. The RC1 should be pretty stable. You can update it with urpmi to the community edition. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Intelligence Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 (edited) Downloading 10.1 on a 56k would take some days before it's done. disc 1-3 in 2086 mb. If you have silver member ship you can also download 10.1 powerpack which so you can download two extra CDs with lot of applications, goodies, stuff etc. Edited September 17, 2004 by Artificial Intelligence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_scott_2 Posted October 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Only clubmembers can download it now. You'll have to wait a few weeks or copy the CDs from a clubmember. The RC1 should be pretty stable. You can update it with urpmi to the community edition. Good luck <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is it out yet? How much longer do I have to wait? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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