Re: simple network card setup (netgear 10/100 tulip)
HI Jeff,
I've got the same card and for me it worked right out of the box. I guess that
doesn't help, but:
If you think the CD you have is bad look at the checksums (md5sum I think).
Try a clean install and don't do anything to the modules when prompted (I left them
alone and it worked).
There shouldn't be an eth0. The pcmcia stuff (sorry I forget which stuff but read
the how-to) takes care of brining up an interface when needed. There shouldn't be an
eth0 because this would confuse the system.
Hope at least some of this was helpful,
Andy
Jeff Davis wrote:
> I have been reading docs all day but I cannot figure this one out. Note
> that I am used to Redhat/Mandrake, and I don't know as much as I would
> like to about Debian.
>
> I have a Netgear 10/100 card. I am sure it works, and I have used the
> same type of card with other distros. In it's "linux.txt" it describes
> an object file called "tulip.o", which I assume to be the same as in the
> Debian distro (I am using 2.2). I tried first to do "modprobe tulip" and
> I get an error from insmod (I think modprobe is just a higher-level
> version of insmod, but I am not sure of this. I tried both) like "device
> or resource busy" and then something about how I might try changing the
> parameters.
>
> I have no /dev/eth* devices at all in my system. When I try to load the
> tulip module during the initial install I get the same insmod error (but
> before it asks for parameters).
>
> I recorded the CDs, so I am not sure of their integrity. I tried copying
> files, etc, but it won't be easy to get the good CDs (I think the
> downloaded ISOs should be correct) until I have network access.
>
> I half expected Debian to see the card immediately and to work
> automatically. I was somewhat surprised to see no eth devices, and more
> surprised when I couldn't just load the module to use it.
>
> I added a few modules during the setup, including ip_masq modules and
> more notably "traffic shaper". Could these be conflicting? I tried
> removing them and inserting the other, but no effect.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I like Debian so far, but
> I haven't seen much :)
>
> Regards,
> Jeff Davis
>
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