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Re: 2.4 kernel, sis900 module, won't work



Em Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:40:26 -0400 (EDT), Geoffrey Prewett
<prewett@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu> escreveu:

> Hi,
> 
> I recently bought a Sony GRT-170 laptop and have been trying to
> install Debian on it.  I have been successful in getting 2.2.20
> (3.0r1) to both boot and have network (sis900) support. 
> Unfortunately, 2.4 kernels refuse to work.  modprobe sis900 works
> great, but the network simply does not work; DHCP fails and pinging
> from a static ip address fails.  (The same config commands work in
> 2.2.20)  I tried kernels ranging from 2.4.0 to 2.4.22 and nothing
> works, compiling them myself and using stock Debian kernels.  I have
> also tried 2.4.5 with just about everything turned off and still no
> luck.

Just to be sure: you issued the commands below, right?

 # modprobe sis900
 # /etc/init.d/networking restart

What is the output of ifconfig?

-- 
André Carezia
Eng. de Telecomunicações
Carezia Consultoria - www.carezia.eng.br



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