Trouble installing pcmcia-cs-3.2.3.tar.gz

[euphoriamo]

Im trying to get my pcmcia 3com Megahertz 3CXM556 modem installed on Mandrake 9.0. So I've downloaded this pcmcia-cs-3.2.3.tar.gz file 3 times each from diferent servers and while following the directions, on the first command I get an error. It says something about the file being damaged or incomplete, and then it says, "and try using a linux filesystem next time"

I did download the file in windows, and then rebooted in linux to open the file, but how would it be the wrong filesystem if it is a .tar.gz, from 3 diferent servers?

Someone please help, This is my 4th or 5th time installing diferent versions and brands of linux, and I have never been able to get my card to work!
Thanks

[palough]

I run the same 3Com card and have no problems with Mandrake 9.0. I installed MDK9 and found that it did not recognize my winmodem, tried everything and gave up. Went to the shop and plugged in the 3Com card and booted MDK and instantly recognized it. There is no need to download a tarball for the 3Com 3CXM556 Modem, MDK9 has support already built into the kernel. Suggest you check, 1.Start KPPP dialup from the menu under Networking, then Remote Access. Click on Set-Up button, then Modem Tab, then Query Modem. It will then query the modem and should find it OK. 2. If not check the kernel that PCMCIA support is enabled in kernel. This sounds daunting but is quite easy really, I'm also a newbie!!. Open a terminal. But you must have selected install Kernel Source under Development during installation. If not use the boot CD and upgrade packages, find the kernel source and select it for installation. After log in as root in a terminal and go to the kernel directory under usr/src/kernel. Go to the "How to's" in the Mandrake start menu under documentation. Select Kernel how to if you are nervous. Most of the stuff there is out of date because MDK is so bleeding good but some useful commands if all goes wrong. I read it then found that I didn't need it, you choose. In root terminal type make xconfig and the kernel module will start. Bloody nice GUI!!. Select PCMCIA support loaded, save and exit and then type "make dep" and stand back for 15 minutes while the kernel is rewritten. PCMCIA support is enabled. good luck, wish someone could help me get my SIS7012 sound card working. Cheers.

[euphoriamo]

Thanks for the help. I don't think I installed the source, or I don't know where it is located? So Im trying to dowload just the source for Mandrake 9, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Kernel-Source V.2.4.19-16mdk. I would assume it would be on mandrake's website but I can't seem to loacate it.

Thanks

[palough]

If you purchased a boxed set the kernel source is located on the CD under development. Stick the first CD in the drive and boot. Use install new packages and then go down the list until you find development, in there you will find the kernel source. Check the box and it will install it in the directory usr/src/linux-2.2.19-16mdk. After that you don't have to worry as you can then modify your kernel as I explained before. Have you tested the 3Com modem???. I have used these for many years and find they "die" on a regular basis, I usually only get about 12 to 18 months out of one. Test it under Windows to see if it still works!!. Also test it under MDK using the dialer, does it work??, if not then the modem is the problem. Big tip, if you buy a modem do it at the shop as many, many modems today, even external ones are being written as soft modems and not true hardware modems, I just got caught this way with an external modem for my daughter's linux box because her desktop has a winmodem inbuilt. Test the modem in the shop if you have to replace the one you have, Billionton generally now configure their modems as softmodems so can not be used with Linux. If you got your MDK9 on a freebe disk as I did before buying a boxed set the kernel source is in the same place. Hope it helps.

[euphoriamo]

I didn't buy the linux, I downloaded it. Finally I found the kernel source code on an ftp server for Mandrake 9, and Im in the process of downloading it. But thanks alot for the help, nobody ever told me I didn't have to install that other pcmcia-cs.3.2.3 file.