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network card driver install problem (broadcom)

network card driver install problem (broadcom)

2005-01-04 - By Rick Stevens

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Rajesh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I have installed Red Hat Linux 9 on my Laptop (Compaq nx5000). It has
> not recognized my network card
>
> which is Broadcom 440x. I have downloaded the driver from
> www.broadcom.com and have gone through
>
> the README file for instructions.
>
>
>
> 1. Installed the source RPM package using
>
> rpm ?ivf bcm4400-3.0.8-1.src.rpm
>
>
>
> 2. cd /usr/src/redhat
> 3. rpmbuild ?bb SPECS/bcm4400.spec
>
>
>
> I am stuck here, when I type this command it complains about gcc not
> found. So, I have installed gcc-3.2.2-5.
>
> After I installed the gcc I am getting lots of compiling errors when I run
>
>
>
> rpmbuild ?bb SPECS/bcm4400.spec
>
>
>
> Linux gurus please help me to get this working.

It would help a lot if you give us some examples of the errors you're
getting. I trust you also installed all of the gcc dependencies such as
libgcc. You must also install the kernel source RPM and configure the
kernel source.
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