Hello, My name is Bruce and I am new to linux, sort of. My friend had me using Slackware 10.0 or 10.1 I can't remember which version it was. He had configured it for me, had my network card working, and showed me how to unmute alsa. I don't recall how he got my NIC working and that is why I am here.

What I've done so far: I checked to see if it netconfig picked up my NIC by running ifconfig -a and this is the output it got

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2004 (1.9 Kb) TX bytes:2004 (1.9 Kb)

I then ran lspci and this is the output I got for my Ethernet controller

Ethernet controller: Intel corporation 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile (rev 03)

Then i went into the rc.modules and activated the modules for

#Intel EtherExpress Pro support:
/sbin/modprobe eepro
#Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 PCI support: <-- Should be the mod for my card, I think...
/sbin/modprobe eepro100
#Intel EtherExpress16 support:
/sbin/modprobe eexpress

Next I ran the modules (I hope this is the way to run them.)

# ./rc.modules

If this isn't the way to run them someone please tell me.
This is the output I got for it.

/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/net/eepro.o.gz: init_module: Device or resource busy

/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/net/eepro.o.gz: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters

You may find more information in syslog or the output for dmesg

/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/net/eepro.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/net/ eepro.o.gz failed

/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/net/eepro.o.gz: insmod eepro failed

./rc.modules: line 394: sbin/modprobe: No such file or directory

/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/net/eexpress.o.gz: init_module: No such device or address

/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/net/eexpress.o.gz: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.

You may find more information in syslog or the output form dmesg

/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/net/eexpress.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/ net/eexpress.o.gz failed

/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/net/eexpress.o.gz: insmod eexpress failed



I don't know if this will help, but here is the lsmod output


Module Size Used by Not tainted
snd-pcm-oss 36736 0 (unused)
snd-mixer-oss 12376 2 [snd-pcm-oss]
uhci 24284 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 17516 0 (unused)
usbcore 59148 1 [uhci ehci-hcd]
i810_rng 2528 0 (unused)
snd-intel8x0 18304 2
snd-ac97-codec 58556 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm 54344 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec]
snd-timer 13764 0 [snd]
snd 32772 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm
snd-timer]
soundcore 3396 4 [snd]
snd-page-alloc 4712 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm snd-timer snd]
ds 6548 1
yenta_socket 10436 1
pcmcia_core 39172 0 [ds yenta_socket]
ide-scsi 9392 0
agpgart 45508 0 (unused)


Thanks to everyone in advance! -Bruce Armes

Normally it would be good to search 1st and then try start a new thread!

Here is where your answer was:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=391668

The Motherboard mentioned in this thread uses the same network device as yours

Use this to activate your NIC
Then include this same line in your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules

I think this should do the trick

Yes, that did work! thank you very much! I did search for related topics and didn't find the post you found though. Anyways thanks a millon!

I am glad you are all set and running.