Re: modconf not working, net module 3c59x can't be loaded. any help?
I am not sure I understand... :
if I do not add the line "3c59x" manually to /etc/modules then the dmesg
does not contain any trace of eth0. So I guess I need to leave that in
then??
and carry on with configuring eth0 ...(?)
Also, the position of the eth0 part of dmesg with respect to the rest of the
message varies according to the position of "3c59x" in the file
/ect/modules... is that ok/normal?
Eitherway, with or without the extra line in /etc/modules neither lsmod nor
modconf tell me about eth0. So how do I know all is working?
Surely there is a better test than looking at dmesg?? or is there ??
Finally, what does configuring eth0 exactly mean? how far am I from internet
access? Or is it ridiculous to eventhink about at the stage where I am at?
forgive my ignorance, this *is* my first time with Linux as well as Debian
:-p
thank you very much for your help,
Gianguido
> 3c59x.c 18Feb01 Donald Becker and others
> http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
> eth0: 3Com 3c905 Boomerang 100baseTx at 0x1040, 00:10:5a:08:64:43, IRQ
10
> 8K word-wide RAM 3:5 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/MII interface.
> MII transceiver found at address 24, status 786f.
> Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.
[snip]
Looks like the driver was "built in", not as a module. All thats left is to
configure eth0;
Thomas
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