Problem trying to install drivers.

[Nicarlo]

Alright here is my situation. I just installed Fedora on one of my spare boxs yesterday. I got everything installed and everything and then when I open the internet Browser it says im not connected to the internet.

After checking on google and asking a few people, i figured out that my problem was i didnt i the right drivers for my ethernet card. I downloaded the drivers and got them to the linux box and then when i go to unpack it i got the following error

" Error: Unable to find the system `ld`:Please make sure you have the package 'binutils' installed. If you do not have binutils installed then please check that `ld` is in your path. "

Then i went to download the binutils package and tried to install them but i got this error

"Error: Failed Dependancies: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4) is needed by binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2.2.1"

i tried yum install binutils but i get this error

Error: - /var/cache/yum/base/header.info cannot be found.
Please ask your sysadmin to update the headers on this system.

so then i go and download glibc-2.3.5-10.3.i686.rpm and i go to install it but i get even more error

glibc-common is needed
shadow-utils conflicts with glibc
nscd conflicts with glibc

I think ive tried everything and not im tired and i just want to get the internet working. Could someone be kind enough to give me a hand ?

[Choozo]

I'd suggest a fresh reinstall first - since this is a fairly recent install anyway - and make sure you include the Development packages this time.

Not sure about what options Fedora have to test your config/setup during the install, but there should be a config tool/guide for network cards the same way you have for your video and sound.

Cheers, and welcome :)

[Nicarlo]

thank you very much ill try this out

cheers :D