insmod tells me that the module already exists and modprobe tells me nothing.
the card gets set up by linux but there must be something different with the module in 8 as 7.3 works. -------Original Message------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, 07 November 2002 03:30:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: can't activte eth0 in red hat 8 My bad...it should have been "insmod 8139too" or, even better, "modprobe 8139too" That's the command to actually load the module into the running kernel. On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Nifty Fredo wrote: > the alias line is already in modules.conf but what do u do with insmod > 8139too.o > > like i said i am new to linux. > > -------Original Message------- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thursday, 07 November 2002 03:00:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: can't activte eth0 in red hat 8 > > Did you try: > > insmod 8139too.o > > and then add: > > alias eth0 8139too > > in your /etc/modules.conf? > > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Nifty Fredo wrote: > > > > > Has anyone had a problem with activating eth0 in version 8. I have an > Aopen > > ethernet card with the Realtek RTL8139 chipset which works ok in 7.3. I am > > using a broadband router which assigns ip addresses and this works fine > with > > 7.3 as i just install the OS and i am on the net. with 8.0 it fails to > boot > > up as it stalls at the activeate eth0. by bypassing this i can get it to > > boot but it won't activate. i thought i would get smart and update 7.3 to > 8 > > 0 as it was already working but alas it has the same problem. > > > > The network works fine with windows 98 2k xp but red hat 8 detects the > card > > exactly the same as 7.3 but it won't work. > > > > I would appreciate an answer as i am new to Linux. > > > > > > Neville Friedrich > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Mike Burger > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > . -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list . http://careers.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Careers - 1,000's of jobs waiting online for you! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
