I really need some help with a built in ethernet controler on my new mother board which is a soyo dragon 2 kt880 i think that the card is the vt6122 but not 100% sure. I have some drivers downloaded for it but not sure how to install them even tho i follow the instructions. i have some output available from lsmod and lspci.

lsmod:
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
iptable_filter 1644 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ip_tables 12416 1 [iptable_filter]
nvidia 4584684 6 (autoclean)
snd-pcm-oss 37736 0
snd-mixer-oss 12504 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
eepro100 19252 1
mii 2272 0 [eepro100]
ohci1394 24112 0 (unused)
ieee1394 42276 0 [ohci1394]
uhci 24444 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 17580 0 (unused)
usbcore 59308 1 [uhci ehci-hcd]
snd-via82xx 13124 0
gameport 1420 0 [snd-via82xx]
snd-pcm 56072 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-via82xx]
snd-timer 13604 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 49500 0 [snd-via82xx]
snd-page-alloc 6328 0 [snd-via82xx snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart 3200 0 [snd-via82xx]
snd-rawmidi 12740 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 3888 0 [snd-rawmidi]
snd 30852 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-via82xx snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore 3396 4 [snd]
ide-scsi 9328 0

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0269
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 1269
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 2269
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3269
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 4269
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 7269
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:07.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3119 (rev 11)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:0e.0 Unknown mass storage controller: ALi Corporation: Unknown device 5281 (rev a1)
00:0e.1 Unknown mass storage controller: ALi Corporation: Unknown device 5228 (rev c6)
00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3149 (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [K8T800 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev a2)

any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

John

Which card doesn't work? The Intel would be a piece of cake to get going. As for the other one...I don't know what module goes with that. If you want to see if it comes with, make sure you have the kernel source installed, to go /usr/src/linux and run "make xconfig". Go to the Network Devices section, and look for your card. Click Help next to it, and it should list what the module name is. Then, quit and try to load that module (modprobe modulename).

alright well never mind i ended up being able to do it myself its just the last time i did it i just wasn't working out right lol well any way thanks for the help but it was unknown device

Alright guys I must not have lady luck on my side cause the ethernet card is installed linux sees it ifconfig recognizes it but its not getting an ip thru dhcp so im not sure what i did wrong but maybe some one could help me out.

Try turning off pnp in the bios and reinstall the OS to clear up conflicts. Also, disable sound in bios after install, and fix nic setting as needed (i.e. ifconfig eth0 mtu 1496) ect. Then make sure the nic loads first, and then the sound driver by the order the drivers are loaded via the script file rc.modules. At least that's what worked for me.

with 2.4 I had no sound (more info than you need)
so I updated my kernel to 2.6.7 & it did the trick, the sound works great.
Except that now I can not get eepro100.c to compile with make modules; make modules_install.

I have found many patches, & many bug info(s) about this problem, but I'm not exactly sure how I apply the patches. they begin with diff, but at the slackware command prompt, diff isn't a command.

Why doesn't anyone have an 'up-to-date' eepro100.c instead of these patches? It isn't like the file is big or something.

Please... if anyone knows where I can get a working eepro100.c or just explain to me how to apply a patch, I'd be forever greatfull!

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