Re: Sitecom networkcard not working after kernel upgrade

[Matthijs <vanaalten@hotmail.com>]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 02:40:04 +0100, Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:

> Matthijs wrote:
> 
> >Today, I decided to upgrade my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4.25 (Debian
> >system). I didn't compile it, just installed using apt-get.
> >Reason for upgrade: I wanted USB support.
> >
> >Booting is fine, but my network connection is gone. During boot, I see
> >eth0 related error messages (beginning of a line, something like
> >'eth0: ERROR ....'.
> >
> >The network card is a simple Sitecom card, with a sitecom chip on it:
> >http://www.sitecom.com/products_info.php?product_id=185&grp_id=5
> >
> I believe that's the tulip module you want. Run "modconf" and select the 
> tulip driver. Then restart networking with "/etc/init.d/networking restart".

Mmmm... "Reconfiguring network interfaces...SIOCDELRT: No such
process".
Then 'depmod -a' seems to fix that one.
Installing the PC down in the basement, rebooting...
YES! 'modconf' & the tulip driver did the trick!

If it wasn't for google and this newsgroup, kernel upgrading is no job
for newbies like me...

Thanks a lot!
-- 
Matthijs
vanaalten@hotmail.com