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

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

Okay, I fired up the Slackware 9.0 box to see what I have, and I have
one of those cards working on it just fine. The driver to use would be
the default kernel driver that came with the system. It's the 3c59x
driver. Try doing a modprobe 3c59x.o and see what happens. If it fails,
the failure will be logged in /var/log/syslog. In order to get it loaded
by default on startup, the install system will create a start up file in
/etc/rc.d/ called rc.netdevice. All you will see in there is a modprobe
call that loads the detected NIC. If you didn't do the detect network
device on install option, then you should just edit the rc.modules file
and uncomment the modprobe 3c59x.o line. 
If none of this works, then you might have bigger problems. Hope it
works.


Shannon Spurling
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andy G [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:49 PM
To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
Subject: RE: RE: RE: [MLUG] 3com 905b NIC, Slackware Linux 

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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