installing drivers on debian 3

[Midiean]

I've run across a hitch installing debian. NIC drivers aren't installed on the initial setup. I have never had any problems during setup of other linux distros when it comes to hardware. is there a readme that someone knows of to walk me through driver setup procedures on debian.

The card is compatible with linux and i have already downloaded the drivers for it. Just need assistance with the setup.

Thanks

 

[thedaver]

apt-cache search [your nic]

will show you the drivers that are available (and anything else) matching your nic.

apt-get install [package]

will install the drivers and enable the nic

This procedure is standard Debian for every application/module you'll need, read up on apt-get!

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[Midiean]

The driver i am trying to install is a source file. When i attempt to compile the source rpm to a rpm, i get the following error:

Makefile:46: *** Linux kernel source tree not found. Stop.
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.15630 (%build)

Any one have any ideas what i might be doing wrong?

btw, this is a 3com 3c996b-t card and the drivers are off of 3Coms site.

 

[Midiean]

the issue is for this driver is the kernel only 2.2. I'm attempting to update the kernel to 2.4. if anyone has any suggestions, they are welcomed greatly

Thanks

 

[thedaver]

does "apt-cache search 3c996b" yield any results?

I would be HIGHLY surprised to NOT see a 3COM card in Debian's apt packages! Ignore the source driver from vendor for a moment and try to work with what the distribution offers!

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[Midiean]

unfortunately not. it is a gig e card and i'm not sure about the support for that card on linux yet

 

[thedaver]

Um, well. OK, try a couple of other attempts on that card's substrings to see if it's called anything else...

Googling yields:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/11/msg01217.html

A possible reference to the driver as "Tigon3" here:

http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/net/0401.3/0035.html

And a similar cry for help responded to elsewhere:

http://www.debianhelp.org/modules.p...B_14&file=index&action=viewtopic&topic=1481&1

Good luck!


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