From: Eric Clover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>im having a problem.i have an ethernet card , and it Was working. for
>some unknown reason , it no longer works. it stopped working after a
>reboot.
>it is a realtek rtl8139b. i just changed the module but that just gave
>me an error when the module loads. in the /etc/sysconfig/hwconf it is
>listed
>-
>class: NETWORK
>bus: PCI
>detached: 0
>device: eth
>driver: rtl8139
>desc: "Realtek|RTL-8139"
>vendorId: 10ec
>deviceId: 8139
>pciType: 1
>-
>and in the conf.modules
>
>alias eth0 rtl8139
>options rtl8139 irq=5
>
>it gives no reason for the failure when starting the eth0 , just says
>failure.
>hints/clues on how to fix this??
>thank you
>eric
Just a few suggestions.
I see that you are specifying the irq in /etc/conf.modules. Are you sure
that's the right interrupt? Did you check /proc/interrupts?
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