yeah use pnpdump with ISAPNPtools. you probably need to set the cards
io/irq
to something usable by the driver module.


PatMc wrote:
> 
> 
> > >     Dear Anyone,  This is going to be long so please excuse. I have been
> > >working on this for 3 months.I reinstalled Linux for the 3rd time yesterday.
> > >Going better now except for ethernet card setup and sound. I will send
> > >another email about the sound later. Right now ethernet setup is the most
> > >important. I have already read many articles and went to the ethernet
> > >how-to's and cable modem how-to's. I found the correct driver in the kernal.
> > >I loaded it through Linuxconf and tried to setup everything through the
> > >Linuxconf but it did not work. My card is a SMC EZ 10/100 ISA plug and play
> > >and is NE2000 compatible. From my research I believe the correct driver is
> > >smc-ultra. It is listed in the kernal. The card worked fine with my Windows
> >
> > I just got the same card.  I found that the correct module is rtl8139.  I had
> > found a web site--complete linux drivers list, or something like that--that
> > had a very good listing of the correct drivers for different cards, but I lost
> > the uRL.
> >
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> 
> I had a similar experience. Look at the chipset on the card, you my find that
> rtl8139 number on the chip.  Look in /lib/modules/../net/ for all the modules
> available. Look at your /etc/conf.modules/ file to check you setup. You may edit
> that directly to change module.
> 
> I had trouble getting the sound card and nic going with 7.0 . Had to remove the
> nic , configure the sound card and then install the nic. Both were ISA cards and
> I used pnpdump to configure.
> 
> Pat

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