FC4 Inspiron 9300 etho trouble

John Purser jmpurser at gmail.com
Sat Dec 24 06:04:52 UTC 2005


On 12/23/05, Nick Stone <blueoceanbliss at yahoo.com> wrote:
> (Extreme Newbie)
>  Need help accessing Internet on Inspiron 9300 & newly installed FC4.
>  Used another computer to download ethernet controller source files from
> Broadcom, but when I follow Readme instructions to use rpmbuild I get error
> messages:
>
>  error: 'struct pci_dev has no member named 'slot_name'
>  make [2]: *** [usr/src/redhat/BUILD/bcm4400-3.0.14/b44um.o] Error 1
>  make [1]: ***
> [_module_/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/bcm4400-3.0.14] Error 2
>  make [1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686'
>  make: *** [default] Error 2
>  error:  Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.86824 (%build)
>
>  RPM build errors:
>      Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.86824 (%build)
>
>  Adding injury to injury, I can't reinstall Windows XP from recovery disk,
> so I have no means to access Internet using this expensive laptop!
>
>  In futile attempts to resolve the issues above, I've been ! reading posts
> for days, most of which are far too technical for me to grasp.   Please
> help!
>
>  PS, I intended to download i386 iso and driver files, so I'm not sure why
> there is a reference in error messages to i686.
>
>
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Nick,

Sorry to hear about your troubles.  You might want to check out:
http://www.linux-laptop.net/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/

For a quick fix how about downloading Knoppix and booting from the
cd/dvd drive?  If nothing else you'll be able to see how they did it. 
Be aware that Knoppix is a Debian based distribution and the
configuration won't be exactly the same as your FC install but it
should tell you enough to get going.

Good Luck.

John Purser




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