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| 327115 | 2005-02-27 08:32:00 | Prescott, have you checked your PM? I sent you one in January about installing this modem. yes i have recieved that PM, i have been trying on and off with installing the modem, i couldnt get it going (maybe its just me :)) so i thought i would just make a thread, just as easy but i also get more inputs from other members :) thanks anyway :thumbs: |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 327116 | 2005-02-27 08:53:00 | root@localhost ~# tar: -zxvf XH1154_4.69-mdk10-up.tar.gz.tgz: cannot open: no such file or directory root@localhost ~# tar: error is not recoveravble exiting now root@localhost ~# tar: child returned status? root@localhost ~# tar: error exit delayed from previous errors it says it cannot open file or directory, but the file is there, i think i have missed something....Those errors show that you are trying to extract the XH1154_4.69.....tar.gz where it is not located. You need to be in the directory where the file is. If you just open up a Console as user you end up in /home/{your_name} location by default. If you open up a root console you end up in /root by default. You need to navigate to the folder where you have saved the modem driver. Then issue that extraction command. If you use the command pwd this will show your current location (print working directory). If you use the command ls this will list the contents of the current directory. Use these two commands to make sure you are in the correct location. :) BTW, you do not need to be root to extract that file. Just use your everyday useraccount. When it is time to be root, don't use the - switch with su - as this will put you back as root in /root directory and away from where you were. Just use plain su so that you get root powers, but remain in your current location. Give that a go and see how you get on. :) |
Jen (38) | ||
| 327117 | 2005-02-27 09:02:00 | ok ill give that a shot, i was wondering can you please give me all the commands step by step, or is it different for each modem? | Prescott (11) | ||
| 327118 | 2005-02-27 09:17:00 | The commands are in the readme.txt which you can find in the folder which is extracted from the tar.gz. Just use your file manager (eg Nautilus or Konqueror) to browse into the folder and find the readme.txt. Leave the console open after extracting the tar.gz because you will still need it. After you have extracted the tar.gz, you need to cd (change directory) into the extracted folder: cd intel-536EP-2.56.76.0-mdk10-UP (note, if you hit tab after entering in cd inte then it will autocomplete the string for you) Next you have to enter in the commands listed in the readme.txt. as root. make clean make 536 (note Brian B's comment about the command might actually be 536pe) make install Then make sure you read the rest of the readme.txt. BTW, I have never installed this modem driver before as I use ADSL. I am purely interpretating the readme for you. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 327119 | 2005-02-27 09:25:00 | thanks jen, will give try with your instructions, i just came back and was about to report on what i had done and the error message i got, but will try yours first, be right back...... | Prescott (11) | ||
| 327120 | 2005-02-27 09:43:00 | all went fine until i had to type in: make 536 i got this error message: module precompile check current running kernel is: 2.6.8.1-3 /lib/modules... autoconf.h doesnot exist Please install kernal source make: *** [check] error 1 im a step closer though, what now? |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 327121 | 2005-02-27 18:34:00 | Please install kernal source Is the kernel source installed? if so, check that /usr/src/linux is symlinking to the right directory by doing "ls -l /usr/src/" |
ILikeLinux (1669) | ||
| 327122 | 2005-02-28 04:04:00 | I would say apparently not.... Use the Mandrake-specific update tool to get the latest kernel (2.6.11-rc4 or -rc5 rock!) and get the source too. Either that or just the source for current kernel is about 30mb It _should_ be on the install disc's otherwise (Disc 2 I believe) As root: rpm -Uvh kernel-source*.rpm Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 327123 | 2005-02-28 05:30:00 | Is the kernel source installed? if so, check that /usr/src/linux is symlinking to the right directory by doing "ls -l /usr/src/" im not sure if i have the kernel source installed so i tried ls -l /usr/src/, this is what i got: total 11464 drwxrwx--- 2 root root 11432 2004-08-25 23:52 config -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11169476 2004-08-25 11:26 kernel-2.6.8.1-3.i686.rpm -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 13182 2004-08-25 23:32 make sys -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 511276 2004-08-06 15:52 pcmcia-cs-3.2.7-1.6.i686.rpm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6322 2003-10-30 08:25 terminal.tgz Drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 168 2004-06-06 09:54 yoper -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17830 0004-06-11 15:17 yoper_boot.bmp |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 327124 | 2005-02-28 06:11:00 | Oh thats right, this is Yoper not Mandrake... Geez..... Fire up synaptic and get the kernel sources :) Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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