Installing KDE: stage 3 && no packages cd

**Zer0** · 02-23-2005

Is it possible? If so, how do I go about it?

I have KDE 3.3 + source on a Mandrake 10.0 disc, so I'm wondering if I can use that instead of downloading the Gentoo Packages CD.

The reason why an "emerge kde" won't work is becuase my network drivers refuse to be recognised (I'm the same guy with the PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet problem). I need KDE so I can easily access the hardware configuration to get my network up and running.

**smindinvern** · 02-23-2005

why doesn't the network driver work? From the gentoo liveCD:

Code:

net-config eth0

make sure that you're using the right hw address, and yes, you should be able to use the mandrake packages

**Zer0** · 02-23-2005

I have tried everything (including 'net-config eth0'). I tried installing the Marvel Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver from source. That failed - worse, the installation log file doesn't give any information about the "compiler error" that is supposedly the reason for the driver not compiling (I even tried setting my cflags to the simplest possible string: "-03 -pipe").
It's good to know that I can use the mandrake disc, but is there a simple way to install kde from the disc w/out having to know where each and every single kde source/binary file is supposed to go?

**loft306** · 02-28-2005

the driver for this nic is in the kernel ! it is

Code:

 sk98lin

it is listed under

Code:

  Device Drivers  --->Networking support  ---> Ethernet &#40;1000 Mbit&#41;  --->  < > Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx Support

now if you make it as a module then after the kernel re compile then u need to add it to

Code:

 /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.x

then

Code:

modprobe sk98lin

or simply mark it as y(*) and make it as a driver and nothing else needs be dono after the re compile.

**Zer0** · 02-28-2005

loft306, I have tried that many times already. However, regardless of whether I integrate it into the kernel or make it a separate module (in which case i do a "make && make modules_install"), it fails to compile the kernel-driver/module for sk98lin. Problem is, the error message itself doesn't give any reason for the compilation failure; it just says it can't compile it!

**Zer0** · 03-01-2005

Alright, these are the messages generated by the command 'make' after integrating the sk98lin driver into the kernel:

Code:

  CHK     include/linux/version.h
make&#91;1&#93;&#58; `arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date.
  CHK     include/linux/compile.h
  CC      drivers/net/sk98lin/skge.o
drivers/net/sk98lin/skge.c&#58; In function `sk98lin_init_device'&#58;
drivers/net/sk98lin/skge.c&#58;431&#58; error&#58; structure has no member named `last_stats'
drivers/net/sk98lin/skge.c&#58;566&#58; error&#58; structure has no member named `last_stats'
make&#91;3&#93;&#58; *** &#91;drivers/net/sk98lin/skge.o&#93; Error 1
make&#91;2&#93;&#58; *** &#91;drivers/net/sk98lin&#93; Error 2
make&#91;1&#93;&#58; *** &#91;drivers/net&#93; Error 2
make&#58; *** &#91;drivers&#93; Error 2

The output for the modularised setting is very similar (in essence, the source code errors persist).

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