Re: Compiling 3c90x driver on Red Hat Linux 9

Try disabling KUDZU.  That worked for me.

-- Mitch

-----Original Message-----
   >From: "Prashant Mahajan"<[email protected]>
   >Sent: 12/16/03 05:15:08
   >To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]>
   >Cc: "[email protected]"<[email protected]>
   >Subject: Re: [vortex] Compiling 3c90x driver on Red Hat Linux 9
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   >>On Sun, 14 Dec 2003, Prashant Mahajan wrote:
   >>
   >> > I am trying to connect my PC to internet through 3 COM Ethernet card
   >> > 3c905CX-TX-M .
   >> > ...
   >> > As per the NIC installation document first step is to compile the driver 
   >>  .c
   >> > source file using gcc.... command.
   >>
   >>Why do you install a new driver ? What's wrong with the 3c59x driver
   >>provided in the RH 9 kernel ? Have you try to _not_ install the 3c90x
   >>driver and the network card failed to work ?
   >
   >Thanks for your reply.
   >
   >I did not know RH 9 provides the 3c90x driver.
   >
   >The RH 9 has detected the driver. In Network Configuration->Devices and 
   >Hardware tab it shows the device. But I am still not able to access the 
   >internet. It still shows 'Inactive' status and nothing seems to happen when 
   >I click on 'Activate' button in the toolbar.
   >
   >I also tried restarting the Network service, but it still shows,
   >Configured devices:
   >lo eth0
   >Currently active devices:
   >lo
   >
   >In System Logs it shows following after Network service restart:
   >
   >Dec 16 05:59:41 localhost network: Shutting down loopback interface:  
   >succeeded
   >Dec 16 05:59:41 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
   >Dec 16 05:59:41 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
   >Dec 16 05:59:41 localhost sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0
   >Dec 16 05:59:41 localhost sysctl: kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
   >Dec 16 05:59:41 localhost network: Setting network parameters:  succeeded
   >Dec 16 05:59:41 localhost network: Bringing up loopback interface:  
   >succeeded
   >Dec 16 05:59:41 localhost ifup: modprobe: Can't open dependencies file 
   >/lib/modules/2.4.20-8BOOT/modules.dep (No such file or directory)
   >Dec 16 05:59:41 localhost network: Bringing up interface eth0:  succeeded
   >
   >Is there a way to remove the hardware from what RH 9 has detected so that I 
   >can go through
   >the 'New hardware detection' routine again ?
   >
   >What do I do next to make it work?
   >
   >>
   >>--
   >>Bogdan Costescu
   >
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