Any hint or tip will be appreciated! Thank You in advance!;-)
I'm running debian woody on a AMD Athlon and compiled a few kernels from kernel.org trying to fix my NIC problem. The problem is: the 3Com NIC works absolutely fine with my 2.2 kernel but for any 2.4 version and even the unstable 2.5 versions it just won't work. Menuconfig goes fine, and so does the compilation process. When I boot up the new kernel, everything seems to be working except for my NIC. I've tried compiling support for the card into the kernel: Network Device Support --> Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) --> 3Com cards --> 3c590 > 3c5900 series ... "Vortex Boomerang" Support. I've tried installing it staticly to the kernel (y) but also tried using it as a module (m), but each time, when I boot up into the completed kernel, the same thing. Module loads fine during startup, but cant ping anything, eth0 gets no ip from DHCP, and the static IP config fails also. Tried just going ifdown then ifup, made sure module loads, took module off etc etc etc a few times, nothing. Is there something I should be enabling that I'm not? What is it I'm not checking ?! please help me before i'm loosing my mind;-) *alexandru -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
