On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 12:51:49AM -0700, Aaron Van Couwenberghe wrote: > Hi all - > Trouble is, on this one machine I can't get the NIC driver to load :(. > > It has a winbond chip in it, and it's supposed to be 'ne2k compatible,' > but the ne2k-pci module won't load. I get some of the more common module > loading errors (device is busy... etc). > > My question is this: does anyone know what to do about not-quite ne2000 > clones (PCI) that won't probe? the card's plug and play, and the kernel sees > it -- a cat of /proc/pci lists the NIC loud and clear, including IRQ and > base I/O address.
Try also regular ISA NE2000 driver, then try SMCs drivers; if it don't work, contact the NE2000 Maintainer (see /usr/doc/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO) And disable 'Plowed Pray' from your kernel JY -- Jean-Yves F. Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Function reject.