Re: modconf not working, net module 3c59x can't be loaded. any help?
>
Hi Gianguido,
> 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??
OK so leave it there (I was wrong telling you that it's compiled into kernel,
it's not possible 'cause you have the pre-built kernel from installation
and if you choosed the module 3c59x it was compiled as module not into kernel )
> 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?
yes yes it's ok ... well done
>
> 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 ??
yes it's ok
try also 'ifconfig' (information about network interfaces)
>
>
> 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?
so you are probably on some LAN ... install package 'dhcp' and it should do all
work for you (recognizing of DNS....)
and then it should work (i thing don't beat me if not :) )
>
> forgive my ignorance, this *is* my first time with Linux as well as Debian
> :-p
>
>
> thank you very much for your help,
doesn't matter
bye
>
> 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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