Hey there

I am a newbie with linux but i worked very hard to make a triple boot (with success : XP/Backtrack/Slack), and this is my second day on Linux so please accept my apologizes not being a professionnal

Here is my problem:
My Network is not recognized on my slack 12.1 but it is on my Backtrack

here is the result of my lspci on my Backtrack Distribution

03.08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller (rev 02)


after some google search i tried this on my slack
ls /lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/net

i have to say that the driver is not present (only the 82596.ko is there). So i guess i have to recompile the kernel .... wich i have no idea about how to do.

Many thanks for the help

Do you have e100.ko module ?
http://hardware4linux.info/component/21359/

Yeah i found E100.ko in the both kernel directories ....

How can i make the network card workng now ?

Thanks for the previous help

Edit: i tried a modeprob e100.ko but it tells me that he cant find the module ......

even with modeprob /lib/modules/2.6.24.5/kernel/drivers/net/e100.ko it doesn't allow me to load the module :/

Don't put the ko extension:
/sbin/modprobe e100
/sbin/netconfig

I tried that but it tells me thats there is a lot of error in line 12 23 24 25 etc etc and it can't load the module :/

How can i do ? :-(


Any IRC chan where we can speak ?

Hi,

Post the out put of 'ifconfig -a'. I think your device is recognized.

Did you run 'netconfig' as root to configure the network?

Ifconfig -a : only the Lo is present

I tried to do a netconfig as a root but i still can't connect and i have a error message when i try to Ifconfig eth0

Trying to find some reference on google but still not working

It's hi tech forum here, please elaborate with your "not working"

As root try just typing in the command /sbin/modprobe e100

and see what happens.

That is the correct module for that card so either you're entering the wrong command or your configuration is off. Did you do a lsmod to see what modules are already loaded?

modprobe e100 : lot of bad line ... and FATAL Error Invalid Modul Format



Lsmod : Actually no module loaded



Any idea ?

Could you post the error lines (say 5-7 lines) with /sbin/modprobe e100 ?

Just booted on the distro and shell is telling me

line 1 ignoring bad line starting with 'ELF'
line 3 " " " " " {unreadable}
same for line 6 8 9 11 13 14 15 16 17 ...... and till 113

The complete error messages would help :/
Could you try:
/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/modprobe e100

well the charachters are ASCII and i know how to type them in the forum

Same errors with your commands.


WARNING : /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'ELF'
WARNING : /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko line 3: ignoring bad line starting with (ascii)
WARNING : /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko line 5: ignoring bad line starting with (ascii)
WARNING : /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko line 6: ignoring bad line starting with (ascii)
WARNING : /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko line 8: ignoring bad line starting with (ascii)
WARNING : /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko line 9: ignoring bad line starting with (ascii)
WARNING : /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko line 11: ignoring bad line starting with (ascii)
WARNING : /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko line 12: ignoring bad line starting with (ascii)
WARNING : /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko line 13: ignoring bad line starting (ascii)
with (ascii)

WARNING : /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko line 14: ignoring bad line starting with (ascii)
WARNING : /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko line 15: ignoring bad line starting with (ascii)
WARNING : /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko line 16: ignoring bad line starting with (ascii)

etc etc till 113


WARNING ERROR inserting mii (/lib/modules/2.6.21.5/kernel/drivers/net/mi.ko :Invalid module format

WARNING ERROR inserting e100 /lib/modules/2.6.21.5/kernel/drivers/net/e100.ko 100:Invalid module format




here you are :/

You can know what exactly the module that you need.
So, from backtrack type these commands as root:

change eth0 with your NIC.

in my case the module was tg3.
Now you know the module that you need.

Back to your slackware and in /usr/src/linux-2.6.24.5/ type:
change tg3 with your module.

in my case the result was
you have to notes CONFIG_* , in my case TIGON3 is what i need.

type
press / key to search and type what you saw after CONFIG_. In my case TIGON3.

you will see something like this
now you have to enable your driver "in my case I'll but M or * before Broadcom Tigon3 support" and build the kernel.

You will find topics about compiling kernel.

or visit this site
http://www.kroah.com/lkn/

Good luck