DEC 21041 Tulip based NIC's & V3.8/Kernel V2.6.x

[knoppix@wpascanner.com]

From:           	Self <scanning@wpascanner.com>
To:             	knoppix@yahoogroups.com
Subject:        	DEC Tulip based NIC's & V3.8/Kernel 
V2.6.x
Date sent:      	Sun, 27 Mar 2005 01:46:39 -0500

Since the 2.6 kernel has been included in Knoppix the same 
problem over
and 
over has been a problem, LAN card. 



The problem is the de4x5 driver and 21041 based DLink 503+ 
cards. Under 
2.4.x kernels works great using the tulip driver. Kernel 2.6 seems 
to want
to use 
the de4x5 in place of the tulip one for some reason. 



I've tried modprobe tulip and then netcardconfig same results 
HARD LOCK 
UP. Require a reset. 



So I removed the de4x5 driver via modprobe -r de4x5 then did a 
modprobe 
tulip and tried to do both a netcardconfig and ifconfig manually. 



Both result in an error about no such interface and a simple ifconifg
shows only 
the lo interface. 



What is the correct way to get this de4x5 driver removed, the 
correct
tulip one 
installed WITHOUT loosing the eth0 interface so I can get 
networking
working 
on 2 PC's. 



Any way to do this with out remastering with changes to 
modules.conf and
the 
alias list for eth0 





Looking for soltuions to get the LIVE CD working, then to do a HD 
install
from 
a working enviroment. 



Any way to get this updated in the CD so that other tulip based 
users can
get the 
correct driver installed for future releases. 



Comments & suggestions please. 



Thanks in advance.