You can't config a PCI card to use a different IRQ, they are given an IRQ by
the PNP BIOS. Your better off changing the PCI IRQ order to change the cards
IRQ...
thanks,
George Vieira
Network Administrator
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-----Original Message-----
From: Marty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 9:48 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Marty Richards
Subject: RE: [SLUG] RH7 and ethernet
> IRQ 0 is probably not a good sign. This is a PCI card? Played with the
> PCI IRQ order in Bios? Disabled/enabled Plug'n'pray OS in Bios?
1) i know 2) yes 3) yes 4) yes.... all to no avail
> the Dmesg entry shows the MAC address ok?
yes...
> Doubt it makes any difference, but I would usually do:
>
> modprobe rtl8139
>
> ifconfig eth0 etc etc
tried that...
"Resource Temporarily Unavailable"
> Are there any DOS config utils for the RTL? Maybe u can force the card
> to try for some other IRQ?
i like your next suggestion better ;)
> Might be easiest to grab another NIC if one is available... ;)
i'll see if i can rustle up an ISA nic...
later
marty
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