You probably need to give us a little more information. Like what type of network card is this that you are having problems with? Is this an external cable modem or one that is internal and needs its own driver (this is very uncommon). And for sound, what type of sound card is it? It is fairly likely that you just need to get a few modules configured to come up during boot time. The easy, cheating way, to do this is to simply add the module to the end of the /etc/modules file. But that doesn't solve some problems that you may have, and it doesn't deal with the options you may need to set. So it is best to work with this in conjunction with your /etc/modules.conf file. If Mandrake can't see your ethernet card, then it can't be configured. So you need to first resolve the fact that Mandrake can't see the card. If it is a PCI card you can usually find information on the card by typing lspci, and reviewing the output. However, to get the card working you will need to examine your installed modules with lsmod. Then you can install modules that are missing to make the card work. Once you figure out what had to be done to make the card work you can configure this information into your modules.conf file and modules file. The hardware tools in the Mandrake control panel should be helpful. On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Guy R Gauthier wrote: > This will be my last request for help in installing my modem in Mandrake > 8.0. I hope no one perceives this as a threat, because it isn't intended > to be. It's just that I've been so frustrated in the last few weeks. For > instance, when I install the drivers for the sound card, it works the > first time, and then it doesn't work any more. The same with my cable > modem. It did work once, but then I had a problem and I had to re-install > M8.0, and it hasn't worked since. I suppose I can do without the sound > card, but I can't do without the modem. So if anyone can help me, I'd > appreciate it. If no one replies, then I'll have no choice but to take > Linux off my computer. And I like it very much. > > Now, here seems to be the problem with my modem. When I typed 'draknet' > at a command prompt, here's what I got: > > Changing to default > modprobe: can't locate module serial > Please wait while probing serial port... > Then it went into the configuration menu and it said: > IP address: 24.102.7.207 > Netmask: 255.255.254.0 > Automatic IP (and I checked the button that says [bootp/dhcp] > pr1.on.wave.home.com (my hostname) > Everything already installed > Setting network parameters OK > Bringing up Interface lo > Bringing up Interface eth0 > Determining IP information for eth0 > failed > [FAILED] > Everything already installed > Then back to root. > > This seems to tell me that Mandrake isn't seeing my NIC (or so I think). > Can anyone tell me what the problem MIGHT be? > > Guy > ________________________________________________________________ > 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/tagj. > >
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