Fixed it myself. Perhaps I asked too early. I stupidly added a '8390' line in /etc/modules, that cause ne to fail. strange but my fault. Thank you markus. I didn't know dmesg. Better than to decompress mp2 files during bootup to slow things down (what I did).
Alexandre On Thu, 22 May 1997, Alexandre Lebrun wrote: > Hi ! > I don't what I've broken, or if it comes from an upgrade, but my ne.o > doesn't get loaded at boot time. Rather annoying. I have to modprobe it > and to run /etc/init.d/network by hand each time. > > I believe the is some error message at boot time, but even with > verbose=no in boot it goes away too fast and I can't read it. > > All I managed to see was : > 'a module named /lib/modules-2.0.30/net/8390.o already exists' > > /etc/conf.modules and /etc/modules both look fine. > > I use > kernel 2.0.30 > debian 1.3 > modutils 2.1.34-5 > > and a cheap isa ne2000 clone (driver is ne.o and depends on 8390.o) > > any hint appreciated > > Alexandre > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .