<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Brian Pitts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian@polibyte.com">brian@polibyte.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 07/07/2010 11:02 PM, Marc Ferguson wrote:<br>
> I have an odd question. Since you guys were able to build the file<br>
> without any issues can you simply attach it to this thread?<br>
<br>
</div>No, I don't think ALE is attachment-friendly, but I'm okay with taking<br>
this off-list and helping you out.<br>
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</font><div class="im">All the best,<br>
Brian Pitts<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>Thanks for the file Brian. I tried to work on getting my NIC installed, but I was unsuccessful. Neat thing is I end up learning new things. I booted Fedora13 i686 using a USB key and copied that .ko file onto the desktop. I then moved it into the "modules" folder (something along the lines of /lib/modules/kernel_version/net, it's not written in stone). Based on the instructions from this blog post [1], I tried, but was thoroughly confused by the end of the night. :)<br>
<br>I noticed that there isn't a /etc/modules.conf file. So; I created one. I'm wondering if I should go ahead and install Fedora 13 i686 and go from there. I'm concerned about NOT having internet access during installation - if that affects the final build of the machine? I noticed that none of the changes I do stick (after reboot), so maybe I'm wasting my time by trying to get the NIC to work on Live?<br>
<br>Well; I ended up moving the r8168.ko file into a "realtek" folder under /lib/modules/kernel_version/net, but I couldn't successfully modprobe it. I did learn that my NIC device wasn't loaded. When I did a ifconfig only "lo" was shown. So; now I need to figure out how to load my NIC device manually!<br>
<br>Amazing. I think if I buy a new motherboard (or get a PCI LAN), I can bypass this pain... ah I mean learning. I would kill for an RPM right now!<br><br>[1] -- <a href="http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/01/how-to-install-network-card-in-linux.html">http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/01/how-to-install-network-card-in-linux.html</a><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Marc Ferguson<br><br>Registered Linux User #410978<br><a href="http://www.fergytech.com">www.fergytech.com</a> | <a href="http://www.digitalalias.net">www.digitalalias.net</a><br><br>"When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"<br>