Topic: How can I install a new networkdriver

[Simon Vetterli]

Hi

I like to install a new networkdriver e.g. name.c . Now my question, how can I do that in my SME?
I'm a newby by this things...

How can I find out wich version of driver I have?

Waiting for an answer.

Simon

[TrevorB]

It is the same as for an ISA NIC

http://www.e-smith.org/faq.php3#5q9

[Simon Vetterli]

okay, but where should I save the *.c - files?

[Charlie Brady]

Simon Vetterli wrote:

> I like to install a new networkdriver e.g. name.c . Now my
> question, how can I do that in my SME?
> I'm a newby by this things...

Newbies are very strongly discouraged from installing drivers from source. Why do you want to do it?

Charlie

[Simon Vetterli]

Because I have the follow erro in the log:

Aug 22 09:59:12 africagate last message repeated 2 times
Aug 22 09:59:12 africagate identd[2427]: Successful lookup: 1192 , 25 : qmailr.qmail
Aug 22 09:59:19 africagate dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 169.254.133.42
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Aug 22 09:59:34 africagate kernel: eth0: Something Wicked happened! 2009.
Aug 22 09:59:42 africagate kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY status 782d, resetting...
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Aug 22 10:00:17 africagate last message repeated 7 times
Aug 22 10:01:22 africagate last message repeated 13 times

and I saw, in some forums, that I can update the driver for the
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Aug 22 10:16:11 africagate kernel: via-rhine.c:v1.08b-LK1.0.0 12/14/2000  Written by Donald Becker
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for the networkadapter.

[Charlie Brady]

Simon Vetterli wrote:

> and I saw, in some forums, that I can update the driver for the
> ----------------
> Aug 22 10:16:11 africagate kernel: via-rhine.c:v1.08b-LK1.0.0
> 12/14/2000  Written by Donald Becker
> ----------------
>
> for the networkadapter.

Your easiest fix is to get another network adaptor. The next easiest fix is to upgrade to 6.0beta3.

Charlie