Re: Help with NIC configuration.
Hi
Have you tried running "modconf" from the command line?
Mike
Quoting Debian Baby <debianbaby@home.com>:
> I am trying to install Woody from the ISO images, but am having trouble
> configuring my network card (which is connected to my cable modem).
>
> When I installed Potato, the installation process had a dialog that
> prompted
> me to select and configure extra kernel modules - so I was able to get
> the
> ne2k-pci module working. Woody does not seem to have this dialog, it
> goes
> directly to the "dselect" screen. Is this normal? Or do I have a bad
> ISO
> image?
>
> I have been trying to manually install the module. "insmod ne2k-pci"
> generated some errors, but "modprobe ne2k-pci" seemed to work. I could
> then
> do a "lsmod" and see the module loaded. Then I ran "ifconfig eth0
> netmask
> 255.255.255.0 eth0 xx.xx.xx.xx" which did not give me any errors. After
> doing that, I could not "ping 127.0.0.1" or ping my address specified in
> my
> ifconfig statement. Pinging 127.0.0.1 said "unreachable host" and
> pinging
> my actual address said "neighbor table overflow" (I think).
>
> Is there an easier way to do this?
>
> Was the kernel module dialog removed from Woody's installation process?
>
> I couldn't use Potato to upgrade to Woody, because it said "Perl 32
> broken
> pipe" or something like that when I tried to upgrade by adjusting my
> sources.list file. I think I need Woody to support my videocard
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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