Re: network card detected but module fails

[Rebecca Dridan <rdrid@ormond.unimelb.edu.au>]

> | > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 03:31:05PM -0700, sucks the bag wrote:
> | > | 
> | > | i'm trying to install debian onto a friend's amd-k7 from the potato
> | > | cdroms.  his network card says it's a "d-link dfe-530tx", and sure
> | > | enough, running "lspci -v" gives:
> | > | 
> | > | [snip non-relevant devices]
> | > | 
> | > | 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: VIA technologies, Inc. : Unknown device 3065 (rev 43)

I've just had the same problem.  Apparently this revision of the card needs
the via-rhine driver from Donald Becker's site.  The one with the kernel is
too old.  You will need to go and download the driver (sorry I forget the
site, www.scyld.com/network ?), making sure you have one version 1.07 or
later, and compile it yourself.  I heard rumours that there was a driver in
the 2.4 kernels that would work but I haven't tried this myself.

The self compiled one at least installs.

HTH

Bec