red hat newb...well sort of

Nick Madcat · 07-07-2003, 01:11 PM

Hey guys

Ive been working on some linux distros and was able to get red hat 8 to work. I got the GUI and most of the hardware i have running with it. A friend lent my the red hat linux bible so i was able to take notes on the X windows system, the rest i handled myself.

But of course there a side affect...my cable modem and mofo sound chip....

The modem is a motorola surfboard 4200 (running USB driver since no ethernet

I cant get it to autodetect...but knoppix linux does...but i dunno why

Second is ESS Solo-1 AudioDrive sound chip. The autodetect works but i get "could not initialize" and "mixer" thrown in. I dunno....maybe drivers.

The same friend who lended my that red hat linux bible told me i may have to compile the drivers...i wouldnt mind and id like to...but i have no programming skillz whatsoever.

Ive tried to fix this but no luck. Im going to boot with Knoppix and see whats the problem and how to work around it...if not maybe i can ask a programming buddy to compile linux versions of my cable and sound drivers

iAvalance · 07-07-2003, 01:28 PM

try to find drivers on the manufacturers website. If you need to compile the instructions are in the README file and will mostly be something like:

% compile
% make
% make install

Nick Madcat · 07-07-2003, 07:57 PM

Thanks man

Well looking for the drivers was not possible.

Compiling them might be intruiging but i still cant understand how the hell Knoppix auto-detects hardware like that? Must be good programming i guess

Maybe i should concentrate more on the sound chip cause im getting new parts for a new custom pc and the new motherboard has built in ethernet....or its probably worse than it is know

iAvalance · 07-08-2003, 03:33 AM

My experience is that built in ethernet cards are a hell if you use anything else than windwoes. In order to get those built in cards working you need to compile the driver yourself using the kernel headers... you won't like that.

Knoppix is just designed to 'run' a windows configuration. RedHat is doing great these days, maybe RH9 has drivers for your USB device...

I haven't got my built it soundcard to work with RH9, never looked at it also, because it is used as server, so I don't care ;-)

Conclusion: built in stuff really sucks and is designed for windwoes only.

Nick Madcat · 07-08-2003, 12:20 PM

I agree with you on the built in stuff.

When my dad was getting a new phone for his workshop from a Staples store i found a ethernet card for 20 and couldve bought it...guess another opportunity lost

ANd now it looks like i need a sound card.....my answer----->

iAvalance · 07-08-2003, 01:09 PM

A realtek NE2000 NIC isn't that expensive... your audiocard is a bigger problem. Googled for 'ESS Solo Linux' yet?

Nick Madcat · 07-09-2003, 05:08 PM

Hmm maybe ill check Google i completely forgot to search with those words

07-07-2003, 01:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nick Madcat NY'er Supreme Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In you home.....muhahaha Posts: 451	red hat newb...well sort of Hey guys Ive been working on some linux distros and was able to get red hat 8 to work. I got the GUI and most of the hardware i have running with it. A friend lent my the red hat linux bible so i was able to take notes on the X windows system, the rest i handled myself. But of course there a side affect...my cable modem and mofo sound chip.... The modem is a motorola surfboard 4200 (running USB driver since no ethernet I cant get it to autodetect...but knoppix linux does...but i dunno why Second is ESS Solo-1 AudioDrive sound chip. The autodetect works but i get "could not initialize" and "mixer" thrown in. I dunno....maybe drivers. The same friend who lended my that red hat linux bible told me i may have to compile the drivers...i wouldnt mind and id like to...but i have no programming skillz whatsoever. Ive tried to fix this but no luck. Im going to boot with Knoppix and see whats the problem and how to work around it...if not maybe i can ask a programming buddy to compile linux versions of my cable and sound drivers __________________ Of course violence is the answer!

07-07-2003, 01:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
iAvalance Lost Forever Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Spilniks Posts: 276	try to find drivers on the manufacturers website. If you need to compile the instructions are in the README file and will mostly be something like: % compile % make % make install __________________ "A computer program does what you told it to do, not what you want it to do" - Greer (English translation)

07-07-2003, 07:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Nick Madcat NY'er Supreme Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In you home.....muhahaha Posts: 451	Thanks man Well looking for the drivers was not possible. Compiling them might be intruiging but i still cant understand how the hell Knoppix auto-detects hardware like that? Must be good programming i guess Maybe i should concentrate more on the sound chip cause im getting new parts for a new custom pc and the new motherboard has built in ethernet....or its probably worse than it is know __________________ Of course violence is the answer!

07-08-2003, 03:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
iAvalance Lost Forever Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Spilniks Posts: 276	My experience is that built in ethernet cards are a hell if you use anything else than windwoes. In order to get those built in cards working you need to compile the driver yourself using the kernel headers... you won't like that. Knoppix is just designed to 'run' a windows configuration. RedHat is doing great these days, maybe RH9 has drivers for your USB device... I haven't got my built it soundcard to work with RH9, never looked at it also, because it is used as server, so I don't care ;-) Conclusion: built in stuff really sucks and is designed for windwoes only. __________________ "A computer program does what you told it to do, not what you want it to do" - Greer (English translation)

07-08-2003, 12:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
Nick Madcat NY'er Supreme Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In you home.....muhahaha Posts: 451	I agree with you on the built in stuff. When my dad was getting a new phone for his workshop from a Staples store i found a ethernet card for 20 and couldve bought it...guess another opportunity lost ANd now it looks like i need a sound card.....my answer-----> __________________ Of course violence is the answer!

07-08-2003, 01:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
iAvalance Lost Forever Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Spilniks Posts: 276	A realtek NE2000 NIC isn't that expensive... your audiocard is a bigger problem. Googled for 'ESS Solo Linux' yet? __________________ "A computer program does what you told it to do, not what you want it to do" - Greer (English translation)

07-09-2003, 05:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
Nick Madcat NY'er Supreme Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In you home.....muhahaha Posts: 451	Hmm maybe ill check Google i completely forgot to search with those words __________________ Of course violence is the answer!

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