That is entirely possible. I'm sorry I couldn't have been more help. On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Nifty Fredo wrote:
> insmod tells me that the module already exists and modprobe tells me > nothing. > > the card gets set up by linux but there must be something different with the > module in 8 as 7.3 works. > > -------Original Message------- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thursday, 07 November 2002 03:30:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: can't activte eth0 in red hat 8 > > My bad...it should have been "insmod 8139too" or, even better, "modprobe > 8139too" > > That's the command to actually load the module into the running kernel. > > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Nifty Fredo wrote: > > > the alias line is already in modules.conf but what do u do with insmod > > 8139too.o > > > > like i said i am new to linux. > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Thursday, 07 November 2002 03:00:52 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: can't activte eth0 in red hat 8 > > > > Did you try: > > > > insmod 8139too.o > > > > and then add: > > > > alias eth0 8139too > > > > in your /etc/modules.conf? > > > > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Nifty Fredo wrote: > > > > > > > > Has anyone had a problem with activating eth0 in version 8. I have an > > Aopen > > > ethernet card with the Realtek RTL8139 chipset which works ok in 7.3. I > am > > > using a broadband router which assigns ip addresses and this works fine > > with > > > 7.3 as i just install the OS and i am on the net. with 8.0 it fails to > > boot > > > up as it stalls at the activeate eth0. by bypassing this i can get it to > > > boot but it won't activate. i thought i would get smart and update 7.3 > to > > 8 > > > 0 as it was already working but alas it has the same problem. > > > > > > The network works fine with windows 98 2k xp but red hat 8 detects the > > card > > > exactly the same as 7.3 but it won't work. > > > > > > I would appreciate an answer as i am new to Linux. > > > > > > > > > Neville Friedrich > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > Mike Burger > > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > . > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
