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zakanozz
10-25-2006, 11:21 AM
I am trying to install my ethernet card for Mepis (KDE 3.00) Linux 2.6.15, which i have just recently switched to. The enthernet card is a D-Link DFE-530TX+. I had it working with Win98 before I installed Mepis. The cd that comes with the card has linux documentation on it, but once I get to the point of compliling it
(make install) i get an error message "Makefile:16: *** Linux kernel source not found. Stop."
I vi'd the Makefile to see what line 16 is. and it is it checking the folders it looks like which it will be installing the software in. Some of those folders I did not have, so I created, but still getting the same error.
My little shell scripting knowledge from work isn't helping me here, does anyone know what I might need to do? I tried looking over the D-link website, but they just have support for windows. I didn't see anything for Linux.
Thanks
-Zak
The kernel usually has a wide variety of ethernet drivers already built in, and are probably compiled as modules by mepis. Are you sure its not already working?
/sbin/ifconfig -a
If not, what's the output of lspci?
je_fro
10-25-2006, 02:25 PM
yeah, I'm sure you already have that module...try "modprobe 8139too" or "modprobe rtl8139"
zakanozz
10-25-2006, 03:57 PM
okay -
i checked the /sbin/ifconfig -a
I didn't see a lspci option for output
I also did the modprobes, the 8139too didn't return anything, the rtl8139 said FATAL: Module rtl8139 not found
I also tried going to yahoo with firefox, but it is coming up server not found. The Kweather is not able to connect to server either, but the lights are on the ethernet card
-Zak
je_fro
10-25-2006, 06:36 PM
if 8139too didn't return anything that means it loaded. take a look at the output from "dmesg | less" for your ethernet card (eth0).
Does '/sbin/ifconfig -a' mention eth0?
If it does, perhaps its just a network misconfiguration. Did you have to set up your IP and dns entries in windows 98, or did it just work with dhcp automatically?
(the only reason I mentioned lspci was to find out what module would need to be loaded, if you couldn't find eth0 in ifconfig or 'dmesg', then please write the exact model number of the ethernet card according to lspci).
missmoondog
10-26-2006, 07:45 AM
i have 3 computers with that exact network card. all 3 have always worked in any linux distro, including mepis, with no extra setup. i'd have to say it's a configuration error.
zakanozz
10-26-2006, 12:13 PM
Hey, thanks everyone! It was the config problem, it is up and working now!
thanks again.
thurst
11-01-2007, 08:14 AM
I am trying to install my ethernet card for (GNOME 3.00) Linux 2.4.15, which i have just recently switched to. The enthernet card is a D-Link DFE-530TX+. I had it working with WinXP. The cd that comes with the card has linux documentation on it, but once I get to the point of compliling it
(make install) i get an error message "Makefile:16: *** Linux kernel source not found. Stop."
Can you please tell me what changes you done?