[KenJackson]

I think you need the desktop-devel package. Try this:

urpmi kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.17.13mdv


BTW, if you want to setup urpmi to allow you to fetch stuff directly off the internet, here's a little script I setup to do that for me the way I like it. You'll have to correct the SITE variable for your Mandriva version in addition to the MIRROR variable.

#!/bin/sh
# This sets the sources of urpmi.  Go to these sites to find a mirror  
# site and then edit the MIRROR variable below.
#
#   http://mandriva.com/en/download/
#   http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/

MIRROR=http://EDIT-ME.com/pub/mandrake
SITE=$MIRROR/official/2008.0/i586/media
LIST=media_info/hdlist.cz

urpmi.addmedia          main             $SITE/main/release     with $LIST
urpmi.addmedia --update main_updates     $SITE/main/updates     with $LIST
urpmi.addmedia          contrib          $SITE/contrib/release  with $LIST
urpmi.addmedia --update contrib_updates  $SITE/contrib/updates  with $LIST
urpmi.addmedia          non-free         $SITE/non-free/release with $LIST
urpmi.addmedia --update non-free_updates $SITE/non-free/updates with $LIST

[rajasekharan]

Hey Dark,

Here's the output for /sbin/lspci | grep -i net

01:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

[daark.child]

If you are using Atheros cards, you could try the madwifi driver that is available in the Mandriva repos.

[rajasekharan]

Here's what I get when i try to install madwifi:

[maverick@localhost madwifi]$ ls
BuildCaps.inc*  Makefile.inc*  ath_hal/   hal/              patches/     tools/
COPYRIGHT*      README*        ath_rate/  include/          regression/
INSTALL*        THANKS*        contrib/   kernelversion.c*  release.h*
Makefile*       ath/           docs/      net80211/         scripts/
[maverick@localhost madwifi]$ make
ath_hal/ah_target.inc:5: *** ARCH must be defined.  Stop.

[daark.child]

What I meant was that you should use the madwifi packages shipped by mandriva. You can install them by doing "urpmi madwifi" as root in the command line.