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-- Posted by j3100 at 7:44 am on May 25, 2004

Where do people get drivers for linux, it seemes that all the drivers are for windows. Also, is the same driver good for multiple distrobutions?


-- Posted by vitamin at 9:00 am on May 25, 2004

Usally on alot of the companys websites they have linux drivers. And unless i states I would always use drivers that are known to work with that ever distro you got!


-- Posted by j3100 at 8:46 am on May 27, 2004

ok, thanks


-- Posted by vitamin at 12:48 pm on May 27, 2004

No worrys anytime!


-- Posted by mephisto mortis at 4:01 pm on July 18, 2004

drivers are in the kernel too, perhaps you should have a look.

heres whatcha do:

(you must be in root!)
cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig

then u will see lots of drivers and options, enable/disable what you need to thenn:

(for 2.4 kernel )
make dep && make bzImage modules modules_install

(for 2.6 kernel)
make && make modules_install

then when u r copy the bzImage and System.map over the old ones


-- Posted by Quuvvaazzo at 11:41 pm on Nov. 18, 2006

LoL so true.      


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