Thanks for the help.
The message I get on boot up is that the eth0 interface fails to initialize.
The PCMCIA card for the modem works great and I can connect fine to
providers. The lsmod command also seems to list things fine (but, to be
honezst, I'm unfamiliar with the command).
The file you talked about: "You should see the 575 driver module (i.e.,
3c575_cb.o)." is right where it should be.
I also installed a Dell update for the specific 3C575 driver yesterday, but
it doesn't seem to work.
I'm stumped. Any other ideas?
Other people have suggested the updated PCMCIA package and a recompile of
the kernal. Red Hat says they don't support the card and Dell says they
won't supoprt Linux (at least here in France).
Thanks again,
Daryl.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jont Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Daryl Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; linux laptop
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: NIC help for compiling driver
> > Daryl Manning wrote:
> >
> > Finally found possible source for the 3C575-TX 3COM PCMCIA card in my
laptop. Recently
> > installed RedHat Linux 6.1
> >
> > DO I really need to recompile the entire kernel to support it or is it
possible to just
> > compile the specific driver for this one.
> >
> > After that, how do I go about getting it to work?
> >
> > The HOWTO definitely is not written for newbies. =}
> >
> > Fairly new to Linux but old hand with PCs with Win.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Daryl.
> >
>
> Daryl,
>
> you shouldn't need to do anything. I would expect 6.1 would work out of
> the box for you.
>
> To verify if the driver is already there, look at the files in
> /lib/modules/NNNNN/pcmcia, where NNNNN is your kernel number
> (i.e., mine is 2.0.34 for RH 5.1)
>
> You should see the 575 driver module (i.e., 3c575_cb.o).
>
> If this directory is missing, then you must have not installed pcmcia
> from your disk, or something like that.
>
> If it is there, then you might have some configuration problem with
> PCMCIA. Do any of the pc cards work? I.E., does your modem work?
> Do you try the lsmod command?
>
> you can also use the "locate" command to find any file on your machine
> (i.e., "locate 3c575")
> To update the locate database, as root, use: "updatedb &"
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Jont
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