[Gllug] Can't get my CNet PRO200WL netcard to work in Gentoo

[Mats Hulten]

One of the chief reasons I chose Gentoo was actually that the
instructions were written in such a manner that I understood them. That
and the fact that installing software seems much simpler than in any
other distribution.
I've got my bakground in Windows as an systems analyst and programmer,
so I'm certainly not new to computers and tweaking Os:es, but I am a
newbie to Linux.

You said that the installation guide missed out "make mrproper"; I
certainly cannot remember running this cmd but you said it was in the
kernel tree. Did you mean that it is called when running "make dep &&
make clean bzImage modules modules_install" in the installation guide,
or is it left out altogether?

What does it do, and should I run it now as I already has a working
system? (Pretty much working in any case... :)

-Mats

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk 
> [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk] On Behalf Of Ian Northeast
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:43 PM
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Can't get my CNet PRO200WL netcard to 
> work in Gentoo
> 
> 
> Mats Hulten wrote:
> > 
> > Problem solved!
> > I had simply missed to compile the proper drivers with the 
> kernel... 
> > :)
> > 
> > Mayby Gentoo isn't for the complete beginner, but I'm going to run 
> > with it for a while. A friend of mine rekommended it to me, 
> as it was 
> > in his opininon a perfekt system for a beginner... (I bet 
> hes laughing 
> > his ass of right about now... :)
> 
> I guess it depends on your definition of "perfect" and who 
> the beginner is. It's about the most complex of all distros 
> to install, but that means that you learn more in the 
> process. The instructions are pretty good, although I did 
> note that the kernel compilation section missed out the 
> essential "make mrproper"; this is of course in the 
> instructions in the kernel tree. You end up with a cleaner 
> system better tailored to your needs and easier to maintain 
> because of the excellent "portage" system, as compared to 
> most distros (Debian could be said to compete).
> 
> I suspect that most beginners without any sort of *nix 
> background would take one look and run away to something like 
> Mandrake. But if you have it working, and you're getting on 
> with it, stick with it as ultimately it will be the more 
> rewarding experience.
> 
> Regards, Ian
> 
> 
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