Re: [SLUG] ISA Ethernet troubles (again)

From: Glen (gurensan@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Mon Feb 18 2002 - 12:42:06 EST


How old is your version of modutils?

        Glen

On Sunday 17 February 2002 20:30, you wrote:
> On Sunday 17 February 2002 01:17 pm, you wrote:
> > What eth card is this? Sounds like you're using the wrong module!
> >
> > Glen
>
> Well, it turns out that I have to tell the kernel (or whatever) exactly
> where to find the module (as in,
> insmod /lib/modules/2.4.10/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o). I don't understand
> exactly why that is, since I built the kernel from source. The kernel
> should know where to find its modules. How can I get the kernel to find the
> right modules at boot time?
>
> Yeah! One problem solved (my ISA ethernet finally works) and another
> begins...
>
> Russell
>
> > On Sunday 17 February 2002 11:21, you wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > A couple of months back I was troubling over my unknown x86 box and
> > > ethernet card. Well, I'm still troubling. I was able to get a
> > > recent-ish kernel (2.4.10) to recognize the ethernet card, and the
> > > isapnp tools are okay, but I don't know how to test anything. I still
> > > get errors that say that the eth0 interface cannot be found (modprobe:
> > > Can't locate module eth0). I've got it set up in my aliases file, and
> > > I've followed the ethernet howto (somewhat)... I'm getting nowhere
> > > fast...
> > >
> > > Can anyone help?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Russell



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