Redhat 9 Driver Install

[Todd Brackett Hudgens]

I apologize for advance for being a total linux noob. I've just installed
Redhat 9 on a second hard drive and have Grub managing the dual boot.
I've been having alot of trouble installing the drivers for my SMC 2602W
wireless pci nic. There are Linux drivers included
with the card, but after untar'ing them and readin the man and readme,
I'm unsure what my problem is. I run "make config" and it asks for my
linux source directory, "/usr/src/linux/" is the default. But if I give
it that or /usr/src/redhat/ it yells at me and says linux doesn't exist
in that location. The drivers are named linux-wlan-ng-0.1.8-pre13.tar.gz
for reference. What location should I be giving this driver config
program? Or is there a better way to configure my card in Redhat 9. Any
help is appreciated.

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Todd Hudgens
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[Lenard]

On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 16:38:21 +0000, Todd Brackett Hudgens typed:

> I apologize for advance for being a total linux noob. I've just
> installed Redhat 9 on a second hard drive and have Grub managing the
> dual boot. I've been having alot of trouble installing the drivers for
> my SMC 2602W wireless pci nic. There are Linux drivers included with
> the card, but after untar'ing them and readin the man and readme, I'm
> unsure what my problem is. I run "make config" and it asks for my linux
> source directory, "/usr/src/linux/" is the default. But if I give it
> that or /usr/src/redhat/ it yells at me and says linux doesn't exist in
> that location. The drivers are named linux-wlan-ng-0.1.8-pre13.tar.gz
> for reference. What location should I be giving this driver config
> program? Or is there a better way to configure my card in Redhat 9. Any
> help is appreciated.

Do you have the kernel-source RPM package installed, check from the
console or xterm session;

rpm -q kernel-source

If you don't then you need to install it. You have to install the same
kernel-source version that your running, from the console or xterm
session;

uname -r

If your running the default kernel from the installation CD's/DVD then the
kernel-source RPM package is on them. If not then you need to download and
install the RPM package. The name of the file your looking for is;

kernel-source-x.xx.xx-xx.i386.rpm replace the x.xx.xx-xx with the output
from uname-r

And you can get the updated kernel-source RPM package(s) here, just
download the one the matches your running kernel;

[url]ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386[/url]

To install, as root or su from the console or xterm session whee the
downloaded RPM package is located; rpm -Uvh kernel-source*.rpm

After this then the kernel source location is;

/usr/src/linux-x.xx.xx-xx <-- replace the x's with the version number



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