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Installing driver in linux redhat... what am I doing wrong?

I am trying to install this driver: http://www.asus.com/support/download...58.zip~zaqwedc hoping it will correct my problem with my ethernet card. I am following the instructions in the text file that came with download...

it says to rpm -ivh bcm5700-<version>.src.rpm
so I "cd /mnt/cdrom1/Linux/Driver" to get to the directory that contains the file, then I "rpm -ivh bcm5700-2.2.34-1.src.rpm"

I get this error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/sources"

What am I doing wrong?

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Read the "basic using RPM" - Here is a quick primer for Red Hat's packaging system--RPM. Please remember that you must be the root user to run RPM.

(Also, please post the versions of software/OS when posting a new thread - the more info you give us, the quicker a answer you could get.)

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Ok I tried running it from my root and got the same error.
I tried putting the file in the root, then running it. I got the same error.

I dont understand this.

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I tried running it from my root and got the same error.
I tried putting the file in the root

You didn't understand. It wasn't the root partition, but the root user account that was mentioned in the post by RTM. Insure you are the root id (0,1) by issuing the su command.

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right

(told ya Im a nebiw), i just tried that. I get the same error. I dont understand what the problem is.

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looks like i will never get my linux working...

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I think your problem was that when you became root you used 'su' rather than 'su -' the hyphen is important as it puts you in root's PATH.

so do
[user@yourbox user]$ su-
Enter Password:
[root@yourbox root]# rpm -ivh bcm5700-*.src.rpm

Then whatever else the instructions ask you.

Although instead of installing the 'rpm -ivh' bit I think you should do 'rpmbuild --rebuild bcm5700-*.src.rpm' as this will build and install the SRPM for you in one line.

Good Luck.

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