Re: Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter

[Elizabeth Barham <lizzy@soggytrousers.net>]

Hi Agung,

Agung writes:

> The error message that I got was:
> 
> =====================================
> Installing module 8139too.  If the device isn't there, or isn't 
> confugred correctly, this could cause your system to pause for up to a 
> minute.

The reason you are receiving this error message may be that the device
has already been reckoned with by the kernel as the 8139 driver is
built into the kernel, as is 8139too_8129 (though 8139too is built as
a module):

http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/idepci/kernel-config

CONFIG_RTL8139=y
CONFIG_RTL8139TOO=m
CONFIG_8139TOO_8129=y

Did you notice the kernel recognizing your NIC on boot? If you are not
sure, a quick way to find out is to move to another virtual console
during installation (ALT - [Left Key] ; alt + right or left key
switches among them) and drop into a shell (there is a message that
states how to do this). Then, use the command "dmesg" which should
display the messages from boot. You may want to pipe the output to
"more" or "grep 8139" (e.g. dmesg | grep 8139).

There is no reason to pass IO and IRQ parameters to a PCI device;
these are generally used with ISA devices.

Elizabeth