[aclug-L] Re: NIC gone

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What kind of network card do you have?


On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 11:51:46AM -0600, Wayne White wrote:
> At 10:31 AM 02/06/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> >You probably just need to run insmod or modprobe to insert the appropriate
> >module for the NIC.  You can make this happen every time you boot by editing
> >/etc/modules (that's what it is in Debian, at least, it's probably similar
> >in Caldera).  Simply put the name of the module on a line by itself in that
> >file.  For instance, for an NE2000 or compatible:
> >
> >
> >ne
> >
> >
> >Should do it... :-)
> >
> >
> 
> Well, I wish it had. I added ne to /etc/modules/default, which appears to 
> be the appropriate file in Caldera. No luck. 
> 
> Likewise, insmod and modprobe don't help either. When I run modprobe -l it
> doesn't list any modules. insmod ne returns the message that there is no 
> module by that name. I don't understand how it can work when installed,but
> not be there after a reboot. It seems that the module would either have to
> be there or in the kernel for it to work at all. 
> 
> Maybe I'll try recompiling the kernel.
> 
> Any other ideas?
> 
> Thanx,
> 
> Wayne
> 
> >On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 10:24:06AM -0600, Wayne White wrote:
> >> Yesterday I installed Open Linux 2.3 on a spare machine. It installed fine
> >> and all was right with the world. This morning I shut it down do rearrange
> >> some cables. When it booted back up it couldn't initialize the eth0. I get
> >> the following two messages. "eth) unknown interface  no such device" and
> >> "eth0 initialization failed." Yesterday eth0 worked fine. The lights on
> >> both the NIC and my hub are on. The network cable is in place. I find no
> >> eth0 in the /dev directory, although I'm not sure that I should. 
> >> 
> >> I suspect that there was some temporary file left from the install that
> >> allowed the machine to see eth0 until the first reboot. That makes me think
> >> that there is probably a file somewhere that can be edited to make the
> >> machine recognize its eth0 again. Is that the case? I don't find any
> >> configuration utility in Open Linux that would make a change so that eth0
> >> would once again be seen. The machine seems to want to initialize eth0 but
> >> just can't find it. How would I tell it where to look?
> >> 
> >> This is all based on a novice's assumptions, so if I'm wrong about this
> >> stuff set me straight. I would appreciate any help I could get with this. I
> >> wanted to fool around with OL for a while, but need the network connection
> >> to work.
> >> 
> >> TIA,
> >> 
> >> Wayne
> >
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