Re: Installation / Compiling / 3C905C-TX-M
3c59x is also for 3c905 cards (I have one too). Add 3c59x to your /etc/modules file or compile it into the kernel. This driver is also included with potato.
-Paul
On Tue, 21 May 2002 16:35:23 +0200
"Axel Schlicht" <axel.schlicht@mail.isis.de> wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> After getting a new PC the other day I am now trying and setting up my
> old one as an internet gateway (although I have to admit I don't have
> the slightest idea as what that might be; never had anything to do with
> networks. So further inquiries are bound to follow).
>
> Well I installed linux on my box:
>
> - i586 P I, 233 mhz, 64 MB RAM
> - 1 Realtec 8029 10mbit Card, accepted by NE2000 pci driver,
> - 1 3com 3C905C-TX-M 10/100 mbit card, no driver available on potato
> CD's
> - 1 ATI All in Wonder (Mach64) PCI card, 8 MB
> - 2 HDs, 2 CD-ROMs, serial mouse (ttyS0), standard keyboard
> - SB-16 compatible sound card
> - no shared IRQs
>
> 3com directed me to their homepage where I was able to download some
> drivers, precompiled for up to kernel 2.2.15, some for kernel 2.4 up,
> none specified for Debian. So I tried to compile 'em myself.
> Unfortunately, those source files expect (among others) a file
> "linux/modversions.h". But there is no such a file in the kernel
> sources.
>
> How can I find the .deb containing that file? (More precisely and
> general: How can I find out how to find out where a file might be? It's
> nice there are over 4000 packages on the CDs but - of course - no way to
> find a program if one doesn't know its most precise name and location
> before ever using it |-(. ).
>
> So what can I do?
> Where might I find a driver for that card, working or compilable under
> debian?
> Searching the website for 3C905C didn't yield anything.
>
> Or do I have to switch to SuSe (yucc), Red Hat (urrgh), Mandrake or even
> worse?
>
> Any help will most gratefully be accepted.
>
> Axel Schlicht
>
>
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