Thanks Jor-el, I upgraded dhcpcd and netbase and it works like a charm. The fact that 2.2 kernels require an upgrade is documented in the release notes section on www.debian.org. (Yes I am embarrassed - I should have caught that myself)
Thanks also to Paul Wade, who also dropped me a helpful note, with other diagnostic techniques. Namaste Rupert B. At 08:02 AM 03/08/99 -0500, Jor-el wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Rupert, > > I assume that you are running Slink. Have to installed the upgrade >versions of the packages that are required for your to be running the >2.2.x kernels? I belive the net-tools package is one of the packages that >need to be ugraded, so I am not at all surprised to hear that networking >is failing for you. > > There is a URL available somewhere on the Debian website which >tells you about the packages that need to be upgraded. Unfortunately, I do >not have a URL handy - so you'll have to search. > >Regards, >Jor-el > >Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My >opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller >that could have been prevented by a good teacher. > -- Flannery O'Connor > >On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Rupert Brooks wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have configed and compiled both the 2.2.10 and 2.2.5 kernels, and my >> ne2000 clone PCI ethernet card does not work with either. >> >> With my 2.0.34 kernel, the card worked fine. The module ne2k-pci loaded >> without a hitch and dhcpcd configured the ip information flawlessly. ( >> I use an ADSL connection which requires DHCP to be used to set up the IP >> address.) >> >> I have tried both kernels with NE2000 support compiled in. In this >> case, the card appears to be recognized on startup, but DHCPCD does not >> create new files when it runs. DHCPCD does not report any errors >> either. ifconfig without arguments shows the loopback device. Ifconfig >> listing all devices lists the eth0 device and it looks ok, but none of >> the IP information is configured. Note that I have also used dhcpcd >> eth0 to try and force dhcp to use the ethernet card. >> >> If I configure the kernel to use loadable module support for the >> ethernet card, then the module ne2k-pci won't load. When using insmod >> to try to load it, it will complain aboutn several symbols not being >> resolved. From their names they look like the ethernet card hooks in >> the kernel. >> >> After that lengthy description - I have a couple questions >> >> Does anyone out there have a ne2000 PCI ethernet card working under a >> 2.2.x kernel? >> If so, did you have to do anything wierd to get it to work? >> I am not sure what is not working, because there have been so few error >> messages. Can anyone recommend some diagnostic tests? >> >> TIA >> >> Rupert Brooks >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >> >> > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: 2.6.3a >Charset: noconv > >iQCVAwUBN6boavrE9j2ZpWNBAQHr7wQAhRVXTfZcyb+oRJegJ/K7BOOT+mS06H8+ >Ptmz35+BkgSJddrYScmO/8bxzZHNoinhVDd2KwPfYEnJQFvIf2thP40rqXj4wJA8 >w5/AIQJvDaOtxg98g09qquHRH57rbBcyVE0bJCLC+l9qJiYzPjSxmD3RHvOKtZlL >P7WQVXUVi0M= >=WzBR >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
