Almost got LinkSys PCI Card working, but...

[Derek Atkins]

"Kevin M. Gleason" <kgleason at ma.ultranet.com> writes:

> I did put them in /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net (uname -r produced
> 2.2.14-5.0). Is there somewhere else I that I need to notify linux
> to look at startup? (I don't understand startup on this linux box)

You only need to put the new modules there; that should be all you
need to do.  I'm not convinced you need your "alias" line in
/etc/conf.modules.  Also, does /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
have ONBOOT=yes?

-derek

> Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> > "Kevin M. Gleason" <kgleason at ma.ultranet.com> writes:
> >
> > > -  I could not find /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0BOOT/net or smp/net to copy new
> > > modules over to (did copy them to /net correctly).
> >
> > Um, you _probably_ want them in /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net..  What
> > does 'uname -r' give you?
> >
> > > - Could not find /etc/rc.modules file in RedHat Ver 6.2 (did they
> > > consolidate this into another file)?
> >
> > No such file.
> >
> > > - added line to the /etc/conf.modules
> > >         alias eth0 tulip (THIS LINE WAS THERE ALREADY)
> > >         options tulip irq=11 options=0 debug=1 (added options and debug)
> > >
> > > BOTTOM LINE when I rebooted, card was no longer recognized...ifup was no
> > > longer recognizing eth0. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Probably because the module wasn't in the right place.
> >
> > -derek
> >
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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
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