I installed this exact chip (possibly even the same card) just the other day, in a comp... The Kernel I used was 2.4.19, my guess is that your not running the same kernel, but hopefully older ones are the same.
The kernel modules that I have enabled in this (aformentioned) computer, that relate to ethernet are: Module Size Used by Not tainted mii 1072 0 (unused) ne2k-pci 4960 1 8390 5872 0 [ne2k-pci] The mii's description mentioned a Windbond W89c840 PCI chip which is similar to one on that card, and the module installation succeeded, so i left it there, but it looks at though its not using it. I think the critical module your missing is the 8390 one, which is used by the ne2k-pci module. Try as root: modprobe 8390 (it will load the module... hopefully) lsmod (check to see which modules are loaded) If 8390 is in the output of lsmod then take the network down with, as root: ifdown eth0 and bring it back up with ifup eth0 Hopefully your network will now work, if not, post any error that you get when you "modprobe 8390" and when you "ifdown eth0" and "ifup eth0" and post the whole output of "lsmod". Cheers, Steve On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 10:29:20AM +1200, Bill Evans wrote: > >You can install quite a few of of the > > Linux distributions either directly from a hard-drive, or over a local > > network. Mandrake for example. Some can be installed directly off the > > Internet. Debian comes to mind here. > > Actually a while back I managed a minimal install of Debian off the web by > downloading some files into windows and using rawrite, but I ran into > problems and then got the discs. I 've just tried to install it again and > now remember why I gave up on it the first time :) I wont bore you with the > details. > > I do have Redhat 7.0 running on an old Pentium and think that at this stage > on the learning curve I should stick to the one machine I have had the most > success with. > There are a number of things I have to sort out on it but first I would like > to get it to recognise my ethernet card then I will try to set up a SAMBA > connection to my MSWindows machine. > At present it does not recognise my ethernet card. > The card is a KTX-5200PXA Realtek RTL 8029AS. > In Linuxconf - Basic Host Info - Adaptor the kernel module is set to > ne2k-pci. > Net device is set to eth0. > During bootup eth0 installation fails. > Could someone please tell me what I need to look at to sort this out. > > Bill > -- )--------------------Stephen Nicholas--------------------( Uni Hall Ph: (03) 341 1500 Private Bag 4760 Extn: 54419 Christchurch 021 504 412 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 70245950 )---------------www.steve.nicholas.net.nz----------------(
