bleg26
11-22-2000, 08:57 PM
This is for people that have a Linksys USB100tx network adaptor and using Mandrake 7.2.
I recently purchaced a Gateway Solo 9100 notebook with above network adaptor. I installed MDK7.2 without any problems except not having my network adaptor detected. After searching several USB/Linux sites, I found out this adaptor uses the pegasus driver. But did not explain how to install the driver. So, after a day of fiddling around, I came up with the following:
1. MDK7.2 already has USB support compiled in the kernel and pegasus driver is also compiled as a module.
2. Install the pegasus module:
a. startup linuxconf
b. go into Networking
C. go into Host name and IP network devices
d. enter your host name and domain, if needed
e. enter eth0 in Net device
f. enter pegasus in Kernel module
g. quit linuxconf and activate changes
3. We're almost done, but at boot, MDK7.2 loads networking before it does USB. So we have to go to /etc/rc.d/ and move(or mv) a few things around as follows:
a. in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d, type mv S10usb S09usb
b. in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d, type mv S10usb S09usb
Now USB will be loaded before networking when booting.
4. Reboot, and enjoy.
This may apply to other distros/USB network adaptors. Just make sure you have USB support compiled into the kernel and you have the right driver/module for your adaptor.
I recently purchaced a Gateway Solo 9100 notebook with above network adaptor. I installed MDK7.2 without any problems except not having my network adaptor detected. After searching several USB/Linux sites, I found out this adaptor uses the pegasus driver. But did not explain how to install the driver. So, after a day of fiddling around, I came up with the following:
1. MDK7.2 already has USB support compiled in the kernel and pegasus driver is also compiled as a module.
2. Install the pegasus module:
a. startup linuxconf
b. go into Networking
C. go into Host name and IP network devices
d. enter your host name and domain, if needed
e. enter eth0 in Net device
f. enter pegasus in Kernel module
g. quit linuxconf and activate changes
3. We're almost done, but at boot, MDK7.2 loads networking before it does USB. So we have to go to /etc/rc.d/ and move(or mv) a few things around as follows:
a. in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d, type mv S10usb S09usb
b. in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d, type mv S10usb S09usb
Now USB will be loaded before networking when booting.
4. Reboot, and enjoy.
This may apply to other distros/USB network adaptors. Just make sure you have USB support compiled into the kernel and you have the right driver/module for your adaptor.