Initial setup on Linux – Driver installation issue Attempting to install network adapter but encountering problems.
Initial setup on Linux – Driver installation issue Attempting to install network adapter but encountering problems.
Hi, I tried Linux this morning and installed Ubuntu. I thought I wouldn't need an Ethernet driver since Windows 10 didn't have one either. I suspect my motherboard's LAN isn't old enough: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards-Compon.../techspec/. I located the Ethernet driver and it depended on "make." I downloaded it from the link provided and installed it. After that, the installer asked for "gcc," which then needed "gcc-10" and so on, requiring many more packages like "binutils" and "libgcc-10-dev." It seemed like a lot of manual steps were needed, plus having to restart Windows each time. I've been through this for about three hours and am really frustrated. Can someone help me? Thanks!
Install the build-essentials package, which contains gcc, make and additional tools for compilation.
Checking the installed Ubuntu version. You mentioned wanting to install a newer release, such as 21.04, and noted that the drive needs to be included.
I saved the LTS release. 20.04.2.0 Even their site seems to be teasing me: https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop "Recommended: Internet connection is useful" – definitely worth it
Support was introduced in Kernel 5.9. Ubuntu LTS is likely around 5.8. You could test Ubuntu 21.04 or try connecting via USB from your phone. If that works, download the kernel here: https://liquorix.net and install it using the provided steps. You might also need to clone the linux-firmware tree separately.
I’m very confident your Ethernet connection will function properly right out of the box. The Wi-Fi drivers might be problematic due to outdated kernel defaults, but Ethernet should work fine.
Not always also https://askubuntu.com/questions/1259947/...g-on-20-04 OP you need to see if you can get a newer kernel installed I do believe ubuntu has the 5.10 kernel in backports which does include the driver here's how to do this offline Go here: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/ma....16/amd64/ download the linux-headers, linux-image-unsigned, and linux-modules put them on a usb drive you can read with ubuntu open a terminal in that directory (usually there a right click option) You can install then via terminal using "sudo dpkg -i" then the filename (the terminal supports tab completion) then you need to tell the boot loader there's a new kernel " sudo update-grub" then reboot the computer and see if it works