Re: how to add ether net card in etch

[Serena Cantor <qipaishi2006@yahoo.com>]

Thanks! Below is output of lsmod:

...
e100 32232 0
mii  5344  1 e100
...

I try "ifconfig eth0", it says device not found.

--- On Wed, 7/16/08, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:

> From: Nigel Henry <cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr>
> Subject: Re: how to add ether net card in etch
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org, qipaishi2006@yahoo.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 2:58 PM
> On Wednesday 16 July 2008 14:51, Serena Cantor wrote:
> > I have etch.
> > Now I add a Ethernet card
> > The card use e100 module in kernel 2.4/sarge
> > but e100 in etch does not seem to work.
> 
> Hi Serena. Is the e100 module loaded?  Post the ouput of
> lsmod please.
> 
> I know that I had some problems with the driver not being
> loaded for my 
> Realtek 8139 network card, and had to add 8139too to
> /etc/modules.
> 
> If the module is not seen in your lsmod, su to root on the
> CLI, and do a.
> modprobe e100, then check lsmod again.
> 
> If the network card is now showing in lsmod, add it to
> /etc/modules, and when 
> you reboot, it should be loaded automatically.
> 
> All the best.
> 
> Nigel.
> 
> 
> 
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