Dennis Myers wrote:
> My ethernet card is detected and shows up in harddrake, but
> I can not seem to get it to make a lan connection. it is a
> generic rtl8139 card by NetSurf. When I hit configuration
> tool in Mandrake Control center it gives the error message
> "can't find module eth0" . I've tried insmod eth0 and
> insmod rtl8139 and gone to linuxconf where it actually
> shows the rtl8139 module and tried to config from there,
> but nothing seems to work. How to install the module? Or do
> I just have a bad card. It came with a floppy with linux
> driver on the floppy but I don't know where or how to
> install it. If rtl8139 shows in the linuxconf setup I would
> think that the module anddriver are in the box. Any help
> is appreciated. I'm trying to set up samba and I think this
> must be what is stopping me.
Dennis....I've observed similar bahavior (also with a generic
rtl8139 card) to that and also, in frustration, began to
believe that it was a bad card. But, what it actually turned
out to be was a shared irq conflict, and moving it to another
PCI slot fixed the problem immediately and permanently. :)
--
Alan
