I'm doing some guessing, but often that works. How do you know that modprobe didn't find the card and install the correct driver?
What does ifconfig tell you? What is in /etc/modules? What is in /etc/network/interfaces? And what is in /etc/networks? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me if there's another way to get a network card module to > install. I sent the following post Thursday, but got no response, and > I'm stuck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > I am trying to install Debian potato on an Compaq Prolinea 4/50 with an > SMC network card (ISA), and am having a problem. When I go to "Configure > the device driver modules" and then to the "net -- Drivers for network > interface card..." step, it won't install the modules for the network > card. > > Here's some info from the SMC card: > the back of the card says, "8013wc" > the FCC # is JI58013wc > the chipset number is 83c690LJP f9411 > When I run Slackware's Net.i utility it reports: > Eth0: WD80x3 at 0x300 00 00 c0 f1 00 8e > WD 8013 IRQ 10 shared memory at 0xd0000 - 0xd3fff > > So, I'm presuming this is SMC's 8013 series card. > > The modules that I have tried to install are "wd" and "smc-ultra" > (actually, I've tried all the SMC modules and a few others). Also, I > have tried to add various combinations of command line arguments for io, > irq, mem & mem_end, based on the above info reported by Net.i, but I > still get the "Installation failed" message. I've checked out SMC web > site driver page, but can only find a text file (of code) for the Linux > driver. Maybe I'm supposed to compile this into a driver file or > something -- I have no idea. > > I may have access to a number of these similarly configured Compaq > systems, and would like to try them on a Debian network of inexpensive > computers, so I am hoping to find a fix using the SMC card. Any help > would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Randy > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
