On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:17:50 -0500 (EST) j Mak <joz_mak@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > > Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net> wrote: On Thursday 26 January 2006 15:21, j Mak wrote: > > First off, I am a newbie in Linux and > > networking. I have two computers, both about four years old and both > > have built in Ethernet and LAN support. One runs ubuntu ant other > > sarge. The one with sarge connected to the Internet with dial-up > > modem. Both works perfectly. I want to hook the two computers > > together to be able to share printers, scanners and the Internet. > > Because I have little understanding about setting up a LAN, I am > > following a tutorial, I found on the Internet. So far this is what I > > have done. I bought a crossover wire and hooked up the computers. I > > tested the one with ubuntu installed with the "ifconfig eth0" command > > and was confirmed that the eth0 works. The one with sarge installed > > however doesn't recognize the eth0 interface. I get the following > > message: eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found > > > Humm, possibly the module that runs your hardware isn't present or > loaded. On the machine that fails eth0, what does an lspci report? > > This is the output. > > debian:/home/mak# lspci > 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 730 Host (rev 02) > 0000:00:00.1 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0) > 0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge) > 0000:00:01.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07) > 0000:00:01.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07) > 0000:00:01.4 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 02) > 0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP) > 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3) > debian:/home/mak# I see no ethernet there. Are you sure there is built-in ethernet? if so, (I assume it is since you've plugged it in right ;) is it perhaps disabled onthe motherboard by some jumper? A > > > > -- > Cheers, Gene > People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word > 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's > stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) > Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above > message by Gene Heskett are: > Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos
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