[ale] Trying to Install a Realtek NIC Driver on Fedora 13

[Jeff Hubbs]

  Actually, i686 is Pentium Pro on through the latest, greatest 32-bit 
Xeons.

On 7/9/10 10:23 AM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>
> i686 is NOT itanium  - it is later Pentium (Xeon) chips but is still 
> 32 bit.   i386 is the earlier 32 bit chips.   It isn't unusual on some 
> systems to see both i386 and i686 packages (and if it is a 64 bit 
> non-Itanium you can have those AND x86_64).   ia64 = Itanium
>
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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Jim Kinney
> *Sent:* Friday, July 09, 2010 10:01 AM
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] Trying to Install a Realtek NIC Driver on Fedora 13
>
> In Fedora-land, there is no longer an i386 build. It starts at i686 
> now. It is _called_ i386 but the build arch is i686.
>
> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gccfof5 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the i686 the Itanic (I mean 
> Itanium) CPU? Shouldn't you be using an i386 build?
>
> GC
>
> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com 
> <mailto:marcferguson at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com 
> <mailto:brian at polibyte.com>> wrote:
>
> On 07/07/2010 11:02 PM, Marc Ferguson wrote:
> > I have an odd question. Since you guys were able to build the file
> > without any issues can you simply attach it to this thread?
>
> No, I don't think ALE is attachment-friendly, but I'm okay with taking
> this off-list and helping you out.
>
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> Brian Pitts
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> 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. :)
>
> 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?
>
> 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!
>
> 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!
>
> [1] -- 
> http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/01/how-to-install-network-card-in-linux.html
>
>
>
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> Marc Ferguson
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