[Steve93]

I have an ASUS P4PE-X Motherboard with on board lan (Broadcom BCM4401) And just installed RH 9.0 I cant install the network card from linux's list, because it isnt there, I have the CD that came with the motherboard, but I cant for the life of me figure out how to install the drivers that are on the CD. Im a complete noob to linux, and just started running it, but need to get on the internet ASAP.... If anyone can take the time to help me out, i'd really appreciate it.

[Steve93]

I have a problem with doing that, the first part worked fine but then the
rpmbuild -bb SPECS/broadcom4400.spec
or
rpm -bb SPECS/broadcom4400.spec
Will not work, neither of those work, for 1 it says "unknown command'' and the other gives me another message similar, it wont build the file

[ByTeDeMoN]

steve I know, you know this, but just checking, make sure you are logged into as Admin not user, just a thought.but your in good hands with OberJaeger

[Steve93]

yea, im logged into root, and i have the correct folder and filename, im going to go ahead and try to location rpmbuild, and ill get back to you in like an hour and let you know how things turned out....
stevieg

[Steve93]

when i typed in locate rpmbuild it was found in "usr/lib/librpmbuild-4.2"
I followed that from the usr/src/redhat directory (Where SPECS is located) with this command:
usr/lib/rpmbuild -bb SPECS/broadcom4400.spec
And received this:
usr/lib/rpmbuild is not a directory
I tried:
usr/lib rpmbuild -bb SPECS/broadcom4400.spec
And received
usr/lib is a directory
So I tried:
usr/lib/librpmbuild -bb SPECS/broadcom4400.spec
usr/lib/librpmbuild is not a directory
usr/lib rpmbuild -bb SPECS/broadcom4400.spec
usr/lib is a directory

Any help from there?

[Steve93]

Well, I have some bad news, I did what you said, and here is what happed..
After using rpm -bb... Still nothing
Then I extracted the .tar.gz file to a directory (when i used xvzf it gave me a whole bunch of error messages, so used the GUI's extracting program. It created the src directory with 9 files... 1 was a .gz file and had a file called Makefile in it....
I typed make and here is the result
"
gcc -DMODULE -D_KERNEL_ -DDB 6=0 -Wall -Wstrict -prototypes -06 -I/usr/src/linux/include -c -o b44um.o b44um.c
make: gcc: command not found
make: ***[bcmum.o] Error 127
And if I extract the Makefile file and type make Makefile I get this message
nothing to do for Makefile


helllllp

[Steve93]

I have no idea whether the kernel source is installed, im very new to linux, as you could have imagined, I cant get the files off the internet, because I cant get online from linux, I can put them on a CD i guess and go over.. The files I have in my /src folder are 4 .h files 3 .c files, a .4 file and Makefile

[Steve93]

well I downloaded the correct files off the internet, and burned them to a CD, but it doesnt show up in Linux, i dont know if im doing something wrong or not... either way, i have the files on a cd, and they arent showing up

[Steve93]

Well, I did all that crap that you said, and guess what.... Im posting this message from Linux.... Thanks to you, and solely you, i can finally stop using XP.... I cant tell you how much I appreciate your support through this. I am a poor college kid, however, if you have a paypal account, i'd like to donate some money to you for your extended services. For all the help you put in, you deserve something. Get back to me with it, or if you use AIM, hit me up there @ Steve93.... Talk to you soon, and thanks for your support,
StevieG