Don Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> Here's where my opinion differs from yours. I have been getting quite a few
> people interested in Linux, which I feel is an accomplishment.
> Unfortunately, one of the biggest headaches from them has been in "which
> network card driver do I use?" or something along those lines.
try lspcidrake
[...]
> - INCLUDE PCMCIA NETWORK CARDS! No one bothers to do this, and it really
> ticks me (and countless others) off. VERY up-to-date list located at
> http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS
not very usefull for pcmcia as far as i know. Either cardmgr finds it nicely or
you're alone :-/
>
> - Take a look at xf86config/Xconfigurator.
>
> - Combine the three and make a good network configuration program (this
> can't be THAT hard to implement.. make a list of what's available, edit
> conf.modules, maybe do a test insmod to make sure it works?)..
>
> 1. 3COM 3C509/3C509B Etherlink III ISA 3c509.o
> 2. 3COM 3C905/3C905B/3C905C Fast Etherlink XL PCI 3c59x.o
> 3. D-Link DE-200 ISA ne.o
> 4. SMC EtherEZ smc-ultra.o
> 5. SMC EtherPower PCI tulip.o
> 6. SMC EtherPower II PCI epic100.o
not very usefull those days as pci is auto detected.
anyway, this is available in DrakX.
excerpt:
"de600" => "D-Link DE-600 pocket adapter",
"de620" => "D-Link DE-620 pocket adapter",
"dgrs" => "Digi International RightSwitch",
"depca" => "Digital DEPCA and EtherWORKS",
"ewrk3" => "Digital EtherWORKS 3",
"old_tulip" => "Digital 21040/21041/21140 (old Tulip driver)",
"tulip" => "Digital 21040/21041/21140 (Tulip)",
