S�bastien Taylor wrote:
> type '/sbin/ifconfig eth0' in a terminal, I bet you'll notice that the
> network interface has no address, or is non-existant. Hopefully it is
> the former, in which case you will only have to configure the network
> interface before using it. Tell me how it went and then I can walk
> you through configuring the card.
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> Graham Monk a �crit:
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>> S�bastien Taylor wrote:
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>>> Oh, well, if the SuSE docs say you don't need to recompile, that
>>> means that their kernel is already setup to handle the pcmcia...so
>>> you don't need to recompile. Building the latest pcmcia-cs will
>>> only update the tools as the drivers from that package are
>>> incompatible with the kernel ones. But updating to the latest
>>> 2.4.19 kernel might give you an updated driver that works with your
>>> card. But before that, what exactly is the problem you are having
>>> with the card? What happens when you plug it in??
>>>
>>>
>>> Graham Monk a �crit:
>>>
>>>> S�bastien Taylor wrote:
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>>>>> If you change the configuration to kernel, you will have to make
>>>>> sure that your kernel is compiled with pcmcia support (kernel
>>>>> 2.4), you might have to recompile your kernel just to make sure it
>>>>> is enabled, and setup correctly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Graham Monk a �crit:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All
>>>>>> The saga of network cards continues.
>>>>>> I bought a Linksys PCM100 card
>>>>>> for my Thinkpad 770 because it said specifically it was
>>>>>> supported under Linux. The manual says it isnt "supported"
>>>>>> However many of their cards will work under linux.
>>>>>> I have tried to follow the instructions on their website
>>>>>> http://www.linksys.com/support/support.asp?spid=26
>>>>>> and have installed the pcmcia cardinfo package
>>>>>> (why is the PCMCIA package installed as default but not pcmcia
>>>>>> cardinfo?)
>>>>>> I have changed the pcmcia settings from "external" to "kernel"
>>>>>> and edited the
>>>>>> pcmcia.conf as described by linksys I did not download the
>>>>>> latest tulip driver
>>>>>> because I assumed SUSE 7.3 would have a pretty upto date version.
>>>>>> I would like to be able to take this machine with when I go away
>>>>>> next week
>>>>>> for email etc.
>>>>>> I'm looking for the simplest way out here even if it means taking
>>>>>> this card back
>>>>>> and buying one that SUSE recognizes without having to delve into
>>>>>> conf files.
>>>>>> Can anyone make any suggestions that a windows idiot can follow?
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>>>> Acording to SUSE help docs you do not have to recompile when
>>>> switching from external to kernel
>>>> settings, am I misunderstandig? How do I recompile it anyway?
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>> It lights up and shows a link but I cannot browse the internet, it
>> justs says "unknown host"
>> I would think that it was a browser configuration but I cant log onto
>> the firewall either
>> using https:
>> I wish the installfest was this weekend
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It said " error fetching interface information. Device not found"
