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

["Andy G" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I've been burning the drivers onto CDs since my floppy drive isn't working.  
I tried insmod and modprobe, neither worked. The other stuff I don't know 
how to do, I'm new to this.
>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 	To: 
>EMAIL:PROTECTED 	Cc: 	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:
>	>EMAIL:PROTECTED      Cc:     Subject: [MLUG] 3com 905b NIC, 
>Slackware
>	>Linux
>	>
>	>
>	>
>	>       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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