Florida is looking down the barrel of a Category 5 hurricane, Ivan, and NBC is showing the movie "The Perfect Storm". How's that for timing?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Toppenberg Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Linux question: Detecting ethernet card Thanks Crawford and Joseph, As per my other post, it decided to start working. I still don't know how to force the hardware detection that finally automatically happend at bootup. Thanks again Kevin --- Crawford Rainwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For RedHat/Fedora, the "redhat-config-network" (TUI > or GUI) will assist in a > "nice(r) way" on changing network cards and > configurations. This is assuming > the module is there as well, if not, it will ask for > some CDs I suspect and do > some kernel mods. > > A latest release of Knoppix (v3.6 presently) will > assist 95% of the time with > most hardware ("bleeding edge" excluded here) for > the proper driver module as an > alternative method. > > In general (distribution neutral) using "lspci" to > find the chipset, then doing > a kernel compile with that module (if available) > will generally do the trick if > the initial installation does not auto-detect the > hardware. Most common distros > out there (e.g., Debian, Redhat/Fedora, SuSE, > Mandrake...) will do this more or > less. > > Most network cards that are Intel or RealTek chipset > based will fly with Linux. > If you want to find others, break open a 2.4.24+ or > 2.6.x kernel with "make > config" (TUI for sadists method), "make menuconfig" > ("nicer" TUI method), "make > xconfig" (GUI method) to find others. Personally, I > prefer the Intel chipsets > myself. > > --- Crawford > > The Linux ETC Company > P.M.B. 146 > 368 South McCaslin Boulevard > Louisville, CO 80027 USA > +1 (303) 604-2550 (voice) > +1 (866) 604-2550 (toll free) > +1 (303) 664-0036 (fax) > http://www.linux-etc.biz > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet > Messaging Program. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. > Be one of 170 > Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE > for your judgement on > who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. > Sponsored by IBM. > Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: > http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com/backtoschool ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
