Re: "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable"

[Tim Kelley <tim@it.kpt.cc>]

On Saturday 28 August 2004 03:11, Phil Thomson wrote:

> TIA. This is my first time installing Debian, and I'm not a Linux wizard at
> the best of times. Some of these questions may appear basic, but I'm just
> trying to learn how to do this stuff. You can reply to me offlist if you
> want.

Just turn your eth0 card off 

ifdown eth0

unload the driver

modprobe -r rtl8139

load the new one

modprobe 8139too

bring the card back up

ifup eth0

lastly, edit /etc/modules and remove rtl8139 permanently, replace with the 
other one.
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