kernel would not add nic driver [SOLVED]

dialbat · n00b Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 9

Hello folks. I've bene messing with this for 2 days with no luck, hopefully you guys can help.

I've installed Gentoo on my laptop Presario 1694, AMD-K6-450, 192Mgb Ram, 12Gb hard, Xircom PCMCIA nic.
Used minimal LiveCD, started with stage 1, to get the experience

I've followed handbook as best i could.
In kernel config, i've added my pcmcia Xircom card, kompiled it just as described, running
make dep
make bzImage && make modules
make modules_install

coped them over, rebooted, but my system would not pickup the card.
when i try to modprobe it, i get, module not found.
I've tryed compiling it 3 times, no luck. Going to module location, there is nothing for pcmcia cards at all, but when i go to drivers folder, i see
xirc2ps_cs.c and .o files.

What can or should i doo???
thank you

used
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=26716
to solve it

ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

try compiling it in [ * ] not [ M ]
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really · Guru Joined: 27 Aug 2002 Posts: 430 Location: nowhere

uname -a

get the version and name of the kernel running

ls /lib/modules/version_nameperhaps/pcmcia/ is there something there?

try modules-update
depmod

then modprobe pcmcia or whatever your module is called..
try insmod /fullpathtotit
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dialbat · n00b Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 9

Ikaro>
i had them all on [*].

Really>
"uname -a" returnes following:
Linux tuxtop 2.4.25-gentoo-r3 #1 SMP Sun Jun 614:45:45 Local time zone must be set--see zic m i586 AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

/lib/modules/2.4.25-kernel-r3/pcmcia
is empty!!!!!

ran modules-update
nothing happened.

depmod returned following:
*** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.25-kernel-r3/kernel/drivers/net/dummy.0
*** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.25-kernel-r3/kernel/net/ipsec/ipsec.0

have no idea whats going on

ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

so when you say it doesnt pickup the card, you have no eth0 ?

try lspci
this is what i got :

really · Guru Joined: 27 Aug 2002 Posts: 430 Location: nowhere

saccory · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 8:01 pm Post subject:

dialbat · n00b Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 9

ikaro>
lspci give: command not found

really>
loaded dmesg with | less
went through whoel list, nothing mensioning my pcmcia card.
"ifconfig eth0" gives
eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found

when linux is loading, it does detect my pcmcia bridge, but not the actual adapter.

here is my device list
Compaq Presario 1694
AMD K6-450, 192Mgb Ram, 12 Gb Fujitsu HD, Toshiba SD-2202 DVD, Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 combo card.
that is it, nothing else attached.

Card works fine when loading with LiveCD or Knoppix.

dialbat · n00b Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 9

One more thing,
in kernel config, i've [*] couple of other drivers, that i thought i might need and will use, can that have any effect on it??

dialbat · n00b Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 9

could not wait so i recompiled kernel with [M] on xircom drivers.
after reboot, tried loading it with modprob, and i get "unresolved symbol", than i tried insmod, and i get same response.

i've checked folder
/lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r3/kernel/drivers/net/pcmcia
xirc2ps_cs.o is there.

pleeeezzz help

really · Guru Joined: 27 Aug 2002 Posts: 430 Location: nowhere

dialbat · n00b Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 9

Really>
thanks for all ur help, i found the solution.
From what i understood, my problem was that i did not add proper pcmci bridge, thus the not recognition.

one thing i have to say for myself is that i've learned whole lot of new stuff. I've installed linux befor a couple of time, but they all were premade packages, like Mandrake.
It'sa first time i did Stage1

- takes forever, but teaches you a lot!!!!..