Re: simple network card setup (netgear 10/100 tulip) - solved
Thanks to all who replied! My network is working fine right now. appearenty none of
the drivers on the cd will work with a FA311 (I could be wrong, but i tried to find
one), so I compiled a new one from http://www.scyld.com/network/index.html, called
natsemi (National Semiconductor)
I was very happy after working at it for a long time. I set Debain up on another box
(pIII board w/ built in intel NIC, etherexpress pro 100) with no major problems. I
like the package management in Debian a lot (this is the first time I have used
Debian), but I will have to look into some more of its features.
This, of course, was a very short version of what I went through. I had to install
the kernel headers package and put its include directory as a "-I" parameter to the
gcc compile command for the driver module. I also had to do the same thing for
pci-scan module (at same website).
I hope someone else may find this useful as well.
Thanks again,
Jeff Davis
Jeff Davis wrote:
> I have been reading docs all day but I cannot figure this one out. Note
> that I am used to Redhat/Mandrake, and I don't know as much as I would
> like to about Debian.
>
> I have a Netgear 10/100 card. I am sure it works, and I have used the
> same type of card with other distros. In it's "linux.txt" it describes
> an object file called "tulip.o", which I assume to be the same as in the
> Debian distro (I am using 2.2). I tried first to do "modprobe tulip" and
> I get an error from insmod (I think modprobe is just a higher-level
> version of insmod, but I am not sure of this. I tried both) like "device
> or resource busy" and then something about how I might try changing the
> parameters.
>
> I have no /dev/eth* devices at all in my system. When I try to load the
> tulip module during the initial install I get the same insmod error (but
> before it asks for parameters).
>
> I recorded the CDs, so I am not sure of their integrity. I tried copying
> files, etc, but it won't be easy to get the good CDs (I think the
> downloaded ISOs should be correct) until I have network access.
>
> I half expected Debian to see the card immediately and to work
> automatically. I was somewhat surprised to see no eth devices, and more
> surprised when I couldn't just load the module to use it.
>
> I added a few modules during the setup, including ip_masq modules and
> more notably "traffic shaper". Could these be conflicting? I tried
> removing them and inserting the other, but no effect.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I like Debian so far, but
> I haven't seen much :)
>
> Regards,
> Jeff Davis
>
> --
> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null
Reply to: