On Tuesday 25 September 2001 23:39, you wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Kevin Fogleman wrote:
> <snip..>
>
> > I, too, am having problems with network cards under SuSE 7.2. The
> > machine that I have installed it on has a card based on the Realtek
> > 8139 chipset, and for some reason, the OS will not even acknowledge
> > that it is installed. Is there a problem specific to SuSE and Realtek
> > cards (as Realtek cards are notoriously flakey under Windows), or is
> > it something else?
> >
> > --Kevin Fogleman
>
> I've heard of numerous problems with the RealTek cards under Linux.. I
> think there are at least 2 different drivers( rtl8139 and rtl8139too
> ) .. so you might want to look into that..
>
> Jason
I agree .... Mandrake 8.0 found my card and assigned it the 8139too module
and it has worked flawlessly. That aspect is definitely worth looking
into.
Bill
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