[aclug-L] Re: NIC gone

[Wayne White <WWHITE1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

PCI, I think

At 01:16 PM 02/06/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Is it ISA or PCI?
>
>
>On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 12:27:34PM -0600, Wayne White wrote:
>> At 12:15 PM 02/06/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>> >What kind of network card do you have?
>> 
>> It is a linksys 10baseT card. It has worked well in this box with
Mandrake6.1
>> prior to installing Open Linux and worked with Open Linux 3.2, until the
>> first 
>> reboot. I am using an identical card in another box under RedHat.
>> 
>> >
>> >
>> >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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