I did my homework this time, and found a device driver that would let me use my (HCF) Conexant chipset with Linux. I downloaded the file (the free one) And couldn't figure out the instructions. I decided to try method C of the installation tutorial because I downloaded it with as a .tar.gz file. I just got DSL on this old computer, I use a Live CD to boot. I can't think of anything I'm doing wrong, except maybe the fact that I have the uncompressed directoy still in on My Windows Desktop: 1: I mount my hard drive. 2: Open emelfm 3: /mnt/hda1/windows/desktop #To where I downloaded th files to. #The file looks like: hcfpcimodem-1.10full.tar.gz 4: tar -xzf hcfpcimodem-1.10full.tar.gz returns: End of output, and nothing (That I can see) happens. 5:I decide to right click the file, choose action, unpack. # Extracted folder. # Here is says "3. run 'make install' from the top of the package directory." 6:I Open the folder I just extracted, type in:make install #And it says something like, 'make:command not found' I am new to Linux, and I suspect I'm doing something wrong that is obvious...It says uninstall any old HCF modem drivers, should I do that in windows? And then try again? I've double checked that the driver works my Modem, and it is listed.

Try to do a listing (ls) of that directory to see if the make command is there. If the make command is in the directory you are logged into than you need to precede the command with a "./".

Drew: I just noticed something else. You are not doing everything from with Linux. Start/login to linux, copy the original hcfpcimodem-1.10full.tar.gz to a linux partition and follow the original instructions that came with the driver. Harold

Also, make sure you login as root.

OMG! THANK YOU ALL FOR THE RESPONSES! I've been putting 12+ hours into this thing everyday, and it's been killing me, I've just installed DSL onto my HD, and I'm not about to give up and use windows again. I rtied to use dpkg, as DSL is a Debian based software, but it didn' work. The RPM file just told me the headers were...um missing for kernel 2.4.26, and I didn't know the path to find it, so I went with the tar package (last resort) and have been on google ever since. Thanks for the help. I'm going to try them now. PS, i totally typoed my last password when I entered it, and couldn't figure out which letter i messed up and which character it was, but it's still me, SxKorean, sorry bout that. I'll login as root, and move the tar file, thx!

I'm back where I started: ON the partition where I installed Linux, I copied the folder. I then used tar -xzf which worked this time. Step three says type in 'make install', but Debian users might have to change KERNELSRC in common.mak. I open common.mak in Beaver, and it was declared as: KERNELSRC=/lib/modules/$(shellname -r)/build So I changed it to: KERNELSRC=/lib/modules/2.4.26/build (This is where build was) Then went back to cd hcfpci...blah the top directory, typed in 'make install' (I didn't type in the ''\'s) and came up with: sh: line 1: make: command not found. What am I doing wrong?

I am also running DSL on an old computer, an I have encountered a similar problem. I need make and gcc to compile a new driver. During the process I have found that neither of them are included in the standard DSL configuration. What you need to do is to install gnu-utils through MyDSL (found on the desktop). It takes a few minutes to download and configure, but after that you're set. Best of luck to you.