On 5/28/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 5/28/06, Kenneth Hopping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Richard Fish wrote:
> >
> > What do lspci and lsmod report?
>
> 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
> (rev 74)
Ok, when you go to configure your kernel, go under "Device
Drivers->Network device support->Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)". Select
the option "3COM cards", and then the "3c590/3c900 series..." with an
'M'.
Assuming that you already configured and installed a kernel, so that
/usr/src/linux matches your running kernel, you should be able to just
do "make && make modules_install" to get the new driver. You can then
try loading it with "modprobe 3c59x". If you get no errors from that
command, then you should get connected automatically within a few
seconds. If all goes well, it should work fine even after a reboot.
If you get errors, well you may have some more work to do to configure
and install a new kernel.
> This is my first attempt with gentoo and kernel compilation so I'm not
> very knowledgable about modules. I just followed the steps in the x86
> installation handbook. Except for the network, everything else (cdrom,
> floppy) seems to work.
I've been somewhat terse about the steps required, assuming you have
some basic knowledge of how to configure and install a new kernel.
The gentoo handbook can help here, but if you still have questions or
something doesn't make sense, feel free to ask for some more help.
-Richard
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Maybe he already have the driver compiled as a module but its not
loading it?! Just a guess, try:
modprobe 3c59x
And take a look at the last lines of "dmesg" output.
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