On Friday 28 December 2001 20:33, you wrote: > On Friday 28 December 2001 11:38, you wrote: > > X-RebelTech Is Here: http://www.rebeltech.ca > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > > > Many Thanks Dennis! > > got 'er beat. > > that insmod was exactly the missing link for me. > > > > do i need to add it to any of my rc.local files so that it will reload on > > next reboot? > > > > moose. > > <snip> > > > > if you have LM 8.1 (not sure about earlier versions) go to a console > > > and type in "insmod 8139too" and see if it finds the driver already > > > installed by the OS. If it does it will tell you already installed or > > > it will install it, then type " ifup eth0" and you should have a > > > functioning ethernet card. Previous without the quotes of course. HTH > > Adding to my earlier reply, > I found the spot. Check out your "/etc/modules.conf" file. If it does > not have "alias eth0 8139too" then just adit with your choice of editors > and save it to the file. The next time you boot you should have no problem > with eth0. Oh, also check in the Mandrake Control Center>system>services > and make sure network is checked to start on boot. I think this will end > all of the problems for you. HTH forgot to make this address to the list, just in case someone else is having the problem. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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