RE: RE: [MLUG] 3com 905b NIC, Slackware Linux

["Spurling, Shannon" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

First off, how are you inserting the driver? Have you tried insmod, or modprobe? Then you have to make sure that the apropriate driver is being loaded when a eth0 call is being made. It's normaly easier to just load the module upfront from the apropriate rc.d script. In fact, I think you may have to manualy uncomment the line, IIRC. It's been a while since I set one up. Slackware 9 did some auto detection, but then I had to go enable my second nic manualy, and then change the order since I wanted them loaded in the opposite order. 
 
 
Shannon

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Andy G [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] 
	Sent: Tue 7/1/2003 7:12 PM 
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	Subject: Re: RE: [MLUG] 3com 905b NIC, Slackware Linux
	
	

	The card is PCI.  I couldn't get the included driver to work.  How do I
	compile it into the kernel?
	>I use 3com cards all the time with Slackware. Just use the driver that came
	>with Slackware. Is it a PCI >or an older ISA card? Some of the older 3com
	>cards have trouble loading as modules. You may need >to compile it into the
	>kernel. In my own experiance, you run into more trouble pulling in other
	>drivers >than just using the drivers that come with the kernel. Just make
	>sure you are loading the right one.
	>
	>Shannon
	>
	>       -----Original Message-----      From: Andy G
	>[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]    Sent: Tue 7/1/2003 3:14 PM      To:
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	>Linux
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	>
	>
	>       I just installed Slackware 9.0 on my PC and everything went fine with the
	>       exception of getting my NIC to work. I have two different versions of this
	>       card, neither will work but I know that one of them worked in RedHat 9.  I
	>       tried drivers that 3com linked to and an unofficial driver that was also
	>       recommended by 3com. Neither worked. Does anyone have any idea how I can
	>get
	>       it to work?
	>
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