|
|
| Farrell 2005-05-25, 8:33 pm |
| I just got an Intel 536EP 56K PCI modem. I have the driver provided from Intel but do not know how to install them into Linux.
Am running Slackware 10.1 in a dual boot configuration with Windows XP Professional.
Any help would be appreciated. | |
| Boulware5 2005-06-06, 7:48 pm |
| Do you have any manual/instructions/README? Just follow what it says. Sometimes you got to just RTFM.  | |
| Farrell 2005-06-06, 8:49 pm |
| Well, TFM is a bit lacking in this case . . . Intel has released a host of drivers for the 2.4 kernel, but didn't craft a package for the distro that I use (Slackware). There is some good info here, but I still get an error when installing, so I think I will have to edit the makefile to tailor it to my distribution, which, to be honest, I don't feel comfortable doing. The best thing is that I know that I am not alone in this giving me grief. 
BTW, thanks. You are the only one who bothered to attempt helping me. Looks like the Unix forums here are kind of dead. | |
| smrkdown 2005-06-06, 9:28 pm |
| Compile the kernel module and then insert it into the kernel. | |
| Farrell 2005-06-08, 8:24 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by smrkdown
Compile the kernel module and then insert it into the kernel.
How exactly do I do this? Do I have to edit a kernel config file? | |
| smrkdown 2005-06-08, 11:21 am |
| Compile the source with gcc and insert the output file into the kernel using insmod or modprobe. If you want the modules to load at boot time, add a line to do so in /etc/modules (may be different depending on distribution). | |
| Farrell 2005-06-09, 8:37 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by smrkdown
Compile the source with gcc and insert the output file into the kernel using insmod or modprobe. If you want the modules to load at boot time, add a line to do so in /etc/modules (may be different depending on distribution).
OK, thanks, will give that a try. | |
| Farrell 2005-07-21, 1:07 am |
| I got the driver tro work in Fedora Core 1. |
|
|
|