Re: Still Linux doesn't see my Ethercard
In article <2.2.16.19960621202736.29ff5302@mail.ctidata.com>,
Pedro I. Sanchez <sanchez@ctidata.com> wrote:
>to have Linux to recongnize my Ethernet card without success. I have a NIC
>with an AMD-PCNet chip. According to the Ethernet-HOWTO the right driver to
>use is "lance". I managed to recompile the kernel to include this driver but
>still the driver doesn't see my card.
Which PCnet chip variant do you know. 1.2.13 doesnt know all the current
variants of this chip.
>I have no idea what to do next. The ethercard is ok (runs under windows) but
>I am missing something under linux. Any suggestions?
The AMD PC-Net shouldnt be a problem because everything is on the chip so a
vendor can't really do much to make it non standard. There have been some
with hardware problems but clearly yours is ok as it runs under windows.
Alan
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