Where does one go to find Linux drivers?

[ST4RCUTTER]

I've done some quick searches on the Net via Google for Linux drivers but come up empty. It seems that most manufacturers provide zero support as well. In particular I'm looking for a Voodoo2 and Dlink driver. Anybody know where I should start looking? Will I have to make it myself?

Arg!

 

[khorgath]

Linux pretty much don't work that way yet. Get used to getting your drivers from the Linux community than from Hardware manufacturers.
Check up http://hardware.linux.com

Voodoo2: No prob.
Check with XFree86 itself.

DLink NIC ? No probz usually. Drivers ship with the kernel itself. If yours is based on the realtek chipset, then try the foll modules:

kern2.4:
8139too or rtl8129

kern2.2:
rtl8139

Ciao
-khorgath

 

[ddiccico]

what distro and version are you using?
like khorgath said, both the vid and network card should have drivers installed when you install linux.

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

I'm using Mandrake 7.2

 

[jleon]

I belive with Mandrake 7.2, there is support for vodoo2 already built in. Correct me if i'm wrong though.

 

[MGMorden]

Mandrake seems to setup most of this type of hardware automatically. Don't know why you would have problems with it.

 

[BlkBerry]

You can try Freshmeat for the Voodoo2 drivers

And you can try Linux Network Drivers for the other stuff

 

[crohozen]

Go to LinuxVoodoo.org that should help you setup your voodoo2.

Everything else should already be there just recompile your kernel. If you havent done that before check out the nhf @linuxnewbie.ORG NOT COM

 

[crohozen]

BTW...there are lots of issues with Dlink cards just because they use a bunch of different chipsets some use tulip where others use.... something else....lol

 

[khorgath]

BTW...there are lots of issues with Dlink cards just because they use a bunch of different chipsets some use tulip where others use....

Tell me about it. I bought 2 DLink 538TX recently. One was a rev. C1 and the other Rev D1. They both were supposedly based on the Realtek 8139 chipset, but the std. Linux driver worked only with the C1 card. The driver they supplied worked for both, but compiled only in kernel2.2. I got the D1 card exchanged for a Linksys LNE100TX (NC100 v2.1)

Ciao
-khorgath