Trouble compiling intel ethernet drivers...

cfcoasterman · 2011-12-23 04:16:59

I've noticed that the internet on my Arch Linux install is rather sluggish (~200k/s, as opposed to my regular 600k/s), so I decided to try installing the drivers for my ethernet adapter.

The ethernet adapter is an Intel 82579V gigabit ethernet adapter.

Once the drivers are downloaded, it gives me instructions to compile the drivers for my OS. They are obviously designed for Red Hat operating systems (and Intel didn't even bother testing other OS's), and the 'make install' command doesn't work for me. Here's the crud that it feeds me:

Makefile:71: *** Kernel header files not in any of the expected locations.
Makefile:72: *** Install the appropriate kernel development package, e.g.
Makefile:73: *** kernel-devel, for building kernel modules and try again. Stop.

Question is, where do I get this "kernel-devel" package?

I'm running on an x86_64 install of Arch Linux (latest version, brand new install), in an actual machine. I'm using the XFCE4 desktop environment.

ewaller · 2011-12-23 04:20:36

Did you install core/linux-headers

cfcoasterman · 2011-12-23 04:27:44

It wasn't installed.

I installed it and it built the driver successfully. Thanks for the help!

Last edited by cfcoasterman (2011-12-23 04:28:11)

ewaller · 2011-12-23 04:38:34

Great !
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#1 2011-12-23 04:16:59

Trouble compiling intel ethernet drivers...

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