Re: ethernet card vanishes on reboot
On 4/28/05, Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> wrote:
> Dear DG,
>
> Try adding "8139" to /etc/modules if it's not already in there.
>
> cheers,
> Robert
>
> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:48:48 +0530
> Deboo Geek <knowledgeful@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a debian sarge on x86, kernel 2.4.25 as well as 2.6.8. The
> > former is custom compiled and had been running fine till a few days
> > ago after I apt-get installed some hardware detecting and hardware
> > info packges. apt removed kudzu, discover and 2 - 3 more pckages.
> >
> > After that I started getting errors like "/etc/modules.conf is
> > morerecent than /lib/modules/2.x/modules.dep" Now after every boot,
> > ifconfig returns a clear screen.. dmesg also doesn't say anything
> > about the network card. But lspcilists it and I can see it detected in
> > the bios..
> >
> > I have to run modconf or insmod and manuallt load the 8139 module oin
> > every boot. What do I need to change to save this setting so I may be
> > spred the pain of loding it everytime?
It's there more than once. I removed the extra entries but still the same thing.
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