Re: initialization problem under 2.4.20

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, d wrote:

> Thanks for looking into that.  In checking around your web site I see 
> that you explain that the 8139too driver is a less than optimal 
> implemenation of a driver for this card/chip set.  I followed the other 
> instructions on your site and built pci-scan.o and rtl8139.o.  They 
> work great!  I have them installed in the appropriate /lib/modules/... 
> directory, but the system doesn't recognize them as the appropriate 
> driver set for the card on boot.  I can insmod them by hand and they 
> work fine.  I know this is a little OT, but what is the correct way to 
> get things working automatically on boot?  Do I have some configuration 
> bit somewhere that is set to look for the 8139too driver?

Check
  /etc/modules.conf
It should say

  alias eth0 rtl8139
instead of
  alias eth0 8139too

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