Were it me, I'd pull the sound card and check what IRQ the ethernet board is
on, and then go specify the IRQ in the hardware config drake.
But I'm as clueless as any, I guess...
BobC
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 1:36 PM
Subject: [newbie] Network Card Woes
> Hi list,
>
> I have been running two boxes for a while, one Mandrake and one Windows.
> I use the Mandrake box for www, mail, gateway, etc. and the Windows one
for
> work stuff. I use Samba, port forwarding, with no difficulties at all.
>
> I recently added a new harddrive to my Windows machine, and turned it into
a
> dual boot so I could have a "test" platform for Linux. Unfortunately, I
> can't get my network card running. I also can't get the sound card to
work.
> Is it possible they are in conflict? (I don't really care about the
> sound...)
> I have tried a static assignment (ie. 192.168.0.1, dhcpcd, and pump), but
it
> seems that the error is more basic.
>
> Heres a sample of boot messages, can anyone suggest what to do?
> (I never had this problem on the other box!) I am running a Celeron @
450,
> on a 440Bx motherboard, network card is a generic, SoundCard EssSolo,
> Mandrake 7.2.
>
> Sample below.....
>
> TIA
> Bill
>
> --snip
>
> Nov 18 10:13:17 Bill1 init: Entering runlevel: 5
> Nov 18 10:13:18 Bill1 harddrake: succeeded
> Nov 18 10:13:28 Bill1 kudzu: succeeded
> Nov 18 10:13:28 Bill1 modprobe:
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/alsa/snd-card-es1938.o:
> Nov 18 10:13:28 Bill1 modprobe: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by
> incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
> Nov 18 10:13:28 Bill1 modprobe: init_module: Device or resource busy
> Nov 18 10:13:28 Bill1 modprobe:
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/alsa/snd-card-es1938.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/alsa/snd-card-es1938.o failed
> Nov 18 10:13:28 Bill1 modprobe:
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/alsa/snd-card-es1938.o: insmod snd-card-es1938
> failed
> Nov 18 10:13:28 Bill1 sound: Loading sound module (snd-card-es1938) failed
> Nov 18 10:13:28 Bill1 network: Setting network parameters: succeeded
> Nov 18 10:13:29 Bill1 network: Bringing up interface lo: succeeded
> Nov 18 10:13:29 Bill1 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/ne2k-pci.o:
> invalid parameter parm_irq
> Nov 18 10:13:29 Bill1 ifup: Delaying eth0 initialization.
> Nov 18 10:13:29 Bill1 network: Bringing up interface eth0: failed
> Nov 18 10:13:29 Bill1 portmap: portmap startup succeeded
>
> --snip
>
>
>
