Network Card Problems
 

Sorry for this newbie question, but here goes:
I installed Slackware, but when I finish netconfig it cant find my network card, and tells me to go to /etc/rc.d/rc.modules.
Now wehat exactly do I do there?

Thanks. Nick.

Open it as root in a text editor, look for the line that controls your NIC driver (you do know the module name, right?) and remove the # (comment) mark from in front of that line to manually load it at startup.

Hope this helps.

Thanks, so basically remove the # infront of the correct one, and then restart the PC?

Thanks, Nick

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yes remove the #. it is used to comment the line so the information is there, but not recognized. once you uncomment, or remove the # symbol, then the code is recognized. commenting in code is a good way to explain what bits of code are and what they do. in the case of the /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file it is helpful in that the file w/all the code is there, so you don't have to write it all from scratch. just uncomment the lines neccesary. hope that clears it up for you.
good luck.

ok, i did that, and i restarted my PC, still doesnt work, any other suggestions?

what card do you have? are you sure you uncommented the correct module? did you save the changes? did you edit as root? sorry, but , i have to ask.

I have a RealTek. yes, yes, yes.

post the output of

/sbin/lspci -v

lsmod

i had another thought, there are actually 2 lines commented for each module, one is the module name, the other is the modprobe command, looks similar to this

# RealTek 8129/8139 (not 8019/8029!) support:
#/sbin/modprobe 8139too

you have to uncomment both lines, so it looks like thjis

RealTek 8129/8139 (not 8019/8029!) support:
/sbin/modprobe 8139too

just checking, i had assumed earlier that you had infact uncommented them both.
good luck.

/sbin/lspci -v tells me that i have a SiS900 (i was wrong about the RealTek), but it is not even included in the rc.modules file. what should i do now? look up drivers for it?

had a look at the hcl based on your info and found this

http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/sh...hp?product=521

if you've identified it correctly, it seems to be supported. i could be of more assistance if you could post the output i've asked for. w/out that, i'm guessing and looking into the info you've provided.
good luck.

ok, this is exactly what /sbin/lspci -v tells me about my ethernet controller:

Thanks for looking it up PEACEDOG, but if you say its supported, how come Linux didnt auto detec it, and i cant find it in rc.modules?

Thanks. Nick

*edit* hmm i'v read the reviews, and everyone said that it was found by Linux, and no setup was neccessary, why am i having so many problems with the same card?

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I have problems with compiling/installing 8139too module. The readme.txt tells me to modify Makefile "NEW_INCLUDE_PATH" line to point in kernel source path. I have modified it to "NEW_INCLUDE_PATH = /usr/local/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/include/" because my kernels source is there. After that, executing "make config" and "make install" in the directory where 8139too module is, I get "Makefile:28: *** missing separator. Stop."
Are "make config" and "make install" correct commands or is there something wrong in Makefile?