Problem with Lan

[mikhmv]

Hi,
Unfortunately several my machines have Attansic L1e Ethernet cards but 2.6.24 kernel don't recognize it.
How can I install drivers for them without any internet connections?

P.S. I found some info on forum http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=770173 but for this case necessary to install build-essential and a lot of additional packages. Without internet it is not simple...

 

[dignus]

Hi,

this is not a Proxmox specific problem. The URL you mentioned does give the solution though. What you could do is download the nescesary packages from http://packages.debian.org/etch/, put them on a USB stick and install them with "dpkg -i packagename". You'll probably wind up doing this over and over again to satisfy dependencies, but in the end that's your way to go.

 

[mikhmv]

dignus: I know but i hoped that some one now simpler way than download all dependences for package.

 

[jcanodk]

How about installing any old cheap rtl or 3com nic, do the download and remove it after Attansic isrunningok.

Just an idea.

 

[mikhmv]

Hi
jcanodk: I don't have any...

I used next steps:
1. Install ubuntu 8.04 x64 in VM
2. install build-essential and aptoncd
3. dpkg --get-selection | grep install | cut -f1 >packages.dpkg
4. apt-get install --reinstall --download-only 'cat packages.dpkg'
5. run aptoncd and create cd with all packages.
on computer without inet used:
6. apt-cdrom add
7. apt-get install build-essential make (really install all dependences from build-essential except dpkg and dpkg-dev, they gave error)
8. copy src for drivers, cd to it
9. KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make

and I get error: "Linux kernel source not found. Stop."

Question where can i find package:
kernel-headers-2.6.24-2-pve
or How can I install it?

Thanks advance.

 

[jcanodk]

Hmmm... 10/100 mbit NICs go for about 10 euros or less... and that's incuding 25% danish VAT

Did you get the packages from Ubuntu repos? I believe PROXMOX is running on top of Debian ;-)

 

[mikhmv]

jcanodk: I have installed all necessary packages except kernel-headers-2.6.24-2-pve
I didn't find this package. I guess it it is modified kernel from Proxmox or some thing like this.

 

[jcanodk]

Hi
jcanodk: I don't have any...

I used next steps:
1. Install ubuntu 8.04 x64 in VM
2. install build-essential and aptoncd
3. dpkg --get-selection | grep install | cut -f1 >packages.dpkg
4. apt-get install --reinstall --download-only 'cat packages.dpkg'
5. run aptoncd and create cd with all packages.
on computer without inet used:
6. apt-cdrom add
7. apt-get install build-essential make (really install all dependences from build-essential except dpkg and dpkg-dev, they gave error)
8. copy src for drivers, cd to it
9. KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make

and I get error: "Linux kernel source not found. Stop."

Question where can i find package:
kernel-headers-2.6.24-2-pve
or How can I install it?

Thanks advance.

How complicated do you want to make it?
If you really don't want to spend a couple of euros on a supported NIC then why don't you install PROXMOX in the VM you mention and build the binary there???
Anyway, i still don't know why you want to fetch the Ubuntu packages when you really want the Debian ones.

 

[dietmar]

jcanodk: I have installed all necessary packages except kernel-headers-2.6.24-2-pve
I didn't find this package. I guess it it is modified kernel from Proxmox or some thing like this.

The package is in the pve repository.

 

[mikhmv]

Hi dietmar:

I reinstall system and install again build-essential, make, kernel-package, linux-kernel-headers (with temporary NIC). But I can't compile drivers.
I received message:

Makefile:63: *** Linux kernel source not found.  Stop.

In make file on this line following code:

BUILD_KERNEL=$(shell uname -r) 
DRIVER_NAME = atl1e 
########################################################################### 
# Environment tests 
 
# Kernel Search Path 
# All the places we look for kernel source 
KSP :=  /lib/modules/$(BUILD_KERNEL)/build \ 
        /lib/modules/$(BUILD_KERNEL)/source \ 
        /usr/src/linux-$(BUILD_KERNEL) \ 
        /usr/src/linux-$($(BUILD_KERNEL) | sed 's/-.*//') \ 
        /usr/src/kernel-headers-$(BUILD_KERNEL) \ 
        /usr/src/kernel-source-$(BUILD_KERNEL) \ 
        /usr/src/linux-$($(BUILD_KERNEL) | sed 's/\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)\..*/\1/') \ 
        /usr/src/linux
# prune the list down to only values that exist 
# and have an include/linux sub-directory 
test_dir = $(shell [ -e $(dir)/include/linux ] && echo $(dir)) 
KSP := $(foreach dir, $(KSP), $(test_dir)) 
 
# we will use this first valid entry in the search path 
ifeq (,$(KSRC)) 
  KSRC := $(firstword $(KSP)) 
endif 
 
ifeq (,$(KSRC)) 
  $(error Linux kernel source not found)  #It is line 63
else 
ifeq (/lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/source, $(KSRC)) 
  KOBJ :=  /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build 
else 
  KOBJ :=  $(KSRC) 
endif 
endif

I manually check all this paths and didn't find them.

/usr/src# ls
linux-source-2.6.24.tar.bz2

And I didn't find kernel-headers-2.6.24-2-pve

apt-cache search kernel-headers
kernel-package - A utility for building Linux kernel related Debian packages.
linux-kernel-headers - Linux Kernel Headers for development
rt2x00-source - RT2x00 wireless network drivers source
rt2400-source - RT2400 wireless network drivers source
rt2500-source - RT2500 wireless network drivers source
rt2570-source - RT2570 wireless network drivers source

I have installed kernel-package and linux-kernel-headers but it wasn't helpful.

 

[mikhmv]

Sorry, I found it:
pve-headers-2.6.24-2-pve_2.6.24-5_amd64.deb