network/ethernet card configuration problem?

[James Polson <jpolson@Upei.CA>]

Hi,

I'm completely new to Linux, so the solution to my problem
may be trivial to all of you experienced Debian Linux users
(so I hope!). 

I'm trying to install Debian Linux (mostly with success), but
I think that I'm having problems connecting with the ethernet
card in my computer.

The symptoms are:

(1) A message during booting that is something like "network is
      unreachable" (I don't know what log file to look for to get the
      exact wording).

(2) When I type "ifconfig -a", I should see listings for two 
      interfaces, "lo" and "eth0", but the second one (the ethernet
      one) is not there.

(3) Not surprisingly, telnet, ftp, etc. can't be used.

(4) In the /var/log/syslog file, there is a message:

      cardmgr[189]: starting, version is 3.0.5
      cardmgr[189]: no sockets found!
      cardmgr[189]: exiting

      I think that this problem reported is related.

Information about my system:

(1) I have a D-Link DE 220 card.

(2) I have the NC2000 driver in /lib/modules/2.0.36/net
      This is the appropriate driver for the card, according
       to the D-Link website.

I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me with
this problem. Until it's fixed, I have to rely on Windows 95
:(  to connect to the internet.

Thanks,

James Polson