Re[2]: Debian installation problems
Monday, October 08, 2001, 9:42:40 AM, Guillaume wrote:
G> Ok so you have PCMCIA-CS installed, and when you
G> type "ifconfig eth0" it does not find the interface.
I get:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:A4:B8:5C:61
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:65 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Interrop:11 Base address:0x400
Is that ok?
G> yes, type "modprobe -l"
G> thufir:/home/silk# modprobe -l
G> /lib/modules/2.4.9/kernel/drivers/char/pcmcia/serial_cs.o
G> /lib/modules/2.4.9/kernel/drivers/net/dummy.o
G> /lib/modules/2.4.9/kernel/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.o
G> thufir:/home/silk#
G> for me it's 3c_574 which is my 3com ethernet card driver.
G> actually it's the 589 (written on the card, so on your probably
G> too..) but the kernel uses the same driver for either ones.
I get a lot of "/lib/modules/2.2.19pre17/pcmcia/*", but nothing about
drivers. Is that good or bad?
I have the "/lib/modules/2.2.19pre17/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.o" which should
be my card.
Do I still have to recompile the kernel?
I will give this a go in debian-users too :)
>> If mine aren't there, how do I add
>> it, and should I remove the others (how is this done)? The driver we
>> are talking about, I guess that is the xurc2ps right? Do I need more
>> info on my card than that, do I need to pass it some parameters?
G> Parameters, proably not. Look on the hardware how-to OR Google to
G> make sure your card is supported. It's gonna take you some time...
G> No you don't have to remove the others from the kernel
G> As the last resort, and if your drivers ARE supported by the kernel,
G> I advise you to download the 2.4.9 debian kernel source, decompress
G> it in /usr/src/kernel-2.4.9/. then you read the README and you recompile
G> your kernel. The README files tells you evrything you need to know,
G> and way more. In fact you basically need to do (from memory.. : make
G> menuconfig (choose your card there) make dep, make modules, edit lilo.conf)
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