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gymdis
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 Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 12:33 pm Post subject: (newbie) can't get my nic to work |
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With the LiveCD my network card (3Com Etherlink III) works fine, no prob.
However, when I compile my own kernel (2.4.23) with the 3c509 part in it, i get something like "no device" when trying.
I also get errors on boot like "SIOCSIFADDR: ...".
Tried to have it compiled as a module but modprobe and insmod both refused it.
I've read here on the forum people fixing it by mounting /boot correctly before copying their kernel there. That shouldn't be an issue since I (foolishly or not) just have one linux partition mounted as "/" (reiserfs). |
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thodi
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| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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The exact error messages would be nice. "something like 'no device'", "errors on boot like 'SIOCSIFADDR: ...'" and "modprobe and insmod both refused it" don't help too much.
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gymdis
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| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, here it comes:
| Code: | * Bringing eth0 up...
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
* Failed to bring eth0 up
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| Code: | # ifconfig eth0
eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found |
Edit: Damn I forgot insmod and modprobe. Hope you can solve the mystery without them.  (Could recompile the kernel with eth as a module again if it helps.) |
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gymdis
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| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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who's in heaven? i am! 
for some reason i tried
while using the LiveCD, and for the first time i noticed... 3c59x !!! not 3c509... so after another kernel-compile - voila, i'm here for real.
thanx to thodi for bothering with me anyway! |
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thodi
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| gymdis wrote: |
for some reason i tried
while using the LiveCD, and for the first time i noticed... 3c59x !!! not 3c509... so after another kernel-compile - voila, i'm here for real.
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