On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 02:30:15PM -0400, Thomas R. Shemanske wrote: > Try modprobe 3c59x > > From the kernel source help line: > > CONFIG_VORTEX: > > This option enables driver support for a large number of 10mbps and > 10/100mbps EISA, PCI and PCMCIA 3Com network cards: > > "Vortex" (Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597) EISA and PCI > "Boomerang" (EtherLink XL 3c900 or 3c905) PCI > "Cyclone" (3c540/3c900/3c905/3c980/3c575/3c656) PCI and Cardbus > "Tornado" (3c905) PCI > "Hurricane" (3c555/3cSOHO) PCI > > If you have such a card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, > available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More > specific information is in > Documentation/networking/vortex.txt and in the comments at > the beginning of drivers/net/3c59x.c. > > If you want to compile this as a module ( = code which can be > inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), > say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt as well as > Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt. >
I have the same ethernet card in my Dell laptop, and you don't need the pcmcia package to make it work. The only other thing I can add to Thomas's post is that you may require the hotplug package. -Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]