On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 04:39:48PM +0200, Regis Gras enlightened us: > I tried to compile CVS with the new driver e1000 for Dell Optiplex 755 > > I tried to use: e1000-7.6.15.4.tar.gz and e1000-7.6.15.5.tar.gz > > The compilation is OK, but the network connection does'nt work > The messages are: > > *** Now that we have loaded the modules (maybe) let's try DHCP ... > *** Trying DHCP on eth0 > udhcpc (v1.9.1) started > Sending Discover > :eth0: e1000_watchdog_task: NIC Link is up 100 Mbps Full Duplex Flow > Control: RX/TX > :eth0: e1000_watchdog_task: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO > > and now, the computer freezes. > I am using: > linux-2.6.24.4 glibc-2.3.6 perl-5.8.8 samba-3.0.20 > e1000-7.6.15.5.tar.gz >
I just used linux-2.6.24.3 and added the e1000e driver in the kernel config (add CONFIG_E1000E=m to misc/linux-config) and it worked fine on my Optiplex 755's. No need to compile a separate kernel. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
