<div id="RTEContent">From: John Purser <jmpurser@gmail.com><br> <blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><ncherry @comcast.net=""><cajun @cajuninc.com=""><snip><snip><snip><cajun @cajuninc.com=""><asric @asric.com="">To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com><br>Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:04:52 -0800<br>Subject: Re: FC4 Inspiron 9300 etho trouble<br><br> On 12/23/05, Nick Stone <blueoceanbliss @yahoo.com=""> wrote:<br>> (Extreme Newbie)<br>> Need help accessing Internet on Inspiron 9300 & newly installed FC4.<br>> Used another computer to download ethernet controller source files from<br>> Broadcom, but when I follow Readme instructions to use rpmbuild I get error<br>> messages:<br>><br>> error: 'struct pci_dev has no member named 'slot_name'<br>> make [2]: *** [usr/src/redhat/BUILD/bcm4400-3.0.14/b44um.o] Error 1<br>> make [1]: ***<br>&g!
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[_module_/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/bcm4400-3.0.14] Error 2<br>> make [1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686'<br>> make: *** [default] Error 2<br>> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.86824 (%build)<br>><br>> RPM build errors:<br>> Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.86824 (%build)<br>><br>> Adding injury to injury, I can't reinstall Windows XP from recovery disk,<br>> so I have no means to access Internet using this expensive laptop!<br>><br>> In futile attempts to resolve the issues above, I've been ! reading posts<br>> for days, most of which are far too technical for me to grasp. Please<br>> help!<br>><br>> PS, I intended to download i386 iso and driver files, so I'm not sure why<br>> there is a reference in error messages to i686.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> ________________________________<br>> Yahoo! Shopping<br>> Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yaho!
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Shopping<br>><br>><br>> --<br>> fedora-list mailing list<br>> fedora-list@redhat.com<br>> To unsubscribe:<br>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list<br>><br>><br>Nick,<br><br>Sorry to hear about your troubles. You might want to check out:<br>http://www.linux-laptop.net/<br>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/<br><br>For a quick fix how about downloading Knoppix and booting from the<br>cd/dvd drive? If nothing else you'll be able to see how they did it. <br>Be aware that Knoppix is a Debian based distribution and the<br>configuration won't be exactly the same as your FC install but it<br>should tell you enough to get going.<br><br>Good Luck.<br><br>John Purser<br> <br> <br> John:<br> <br> Thanks for prompt reply. I explored the links you recommended, but haven't resolved either issue . I also examined Knoppix, but didn't find evidence that using Knoppix would help. Perhaps I didn't explain my
problem. Specifically, (Problem #1) I'm able to log in to FC4, but unable to access the Internet using FC4. I've been unable to install the Broadcom etho controller (b44).<br> <br> (Problem #2) I can no longer boot Windows XP, the default OS. I reformatted the hard drive and unwittingly erased the XP recovery partition, and I presume I also somehow erased the MBR.<br> </blueoceanbliss></asric></cajun></snip></snip></snip></cajun></ncherry></blockquote><br></div><p>
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