Re: Newbie bull brings own china shop.

["Jamin W. Collins" <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net>]

On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:30:26AM +0700, Brian Durant wrote:

> OK, I started the install process from the beginning again, remounted
> partitions, etc. Not only did I boot the install using "bf24", but I
> also chose the long install, to make sure that I was installing a 2.4
> kernel from the Deb 3 rev. 1 full install CDs. I tried /sbin/ifconfig
> eth0 and got a lot of numbers in response that I don't really
> understand, but what seems to be more interesting, is when I did a
> "modprobe sis900", the response was "can't locate module sis900". 

No need to load a module, support for it is compiled into that
particular kernel image:

   $ grep SIS900 config-2.4.18-bf2.4 
   CONFIG_SIS900=y

Another indication is the output of "ifconfig eth0".  The fact that you
got output indicates that your kernel recognizes something as network
interface eth0.  If it didn't it would give you an error like:

   # ifconfig eth0
   eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found

instead you probably got something much more like:

   # ifconfig eth0
   eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:03:6D:13:6F:9F 

with several other lines following.

So, now you've got support for your network chipset.

-- 
Jamin W. Collins