Re: networking, NIC, kernel
On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 19:00, Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 April 2004 17:57, David Cannings wrote:
> > On Tuesday 27 April 2004 14:53, Richard Lyons wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 27 April 2004 15:16, David Cannings wrote:
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > > I would assume that the 2.4 series have CONFIG_NFSD compiled into
> > > > them then but have not checked this myself. The two options I
> > > > see are to use the userspace NFS daemon, nfs-user-server or to
> > > > switch to one of the 2.4 kernels you mention.
> > >
> > > Which brings me back to the original problem: The 2.4 series
> > > kernels I have installed on that box fail to bring up eth0
> > > entirely, and I have no idea why.
> >
> > I would guess they lack the support for your card. What model and
> > chipset is it? Is there a driver for it if you run `modconf` and use
> > the menu system?
>
> But it has been working fine with the 2.2 kernel (and still does when I
> boot that).
>
I think the realtek cards changed name from 2.2 to 2.4.
If you have one you can try to modprobe 8139too
or modprobe \*
You dont mention what your card is or whcich module you try to load. I
would start there.
Kenneth.
> --
> richard
>
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