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At least now, we may have some hint with the complete error messages
Could you post the first lines (4-5) of /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko ?
less /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko
Also the output with ' uname -r ', I tought the slackware 12.1 default kernel version was 2.6.24.5 (?)
Distribution: BackTrack V3.0 Final / SlackWare 12.1
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Originally Posted by Linux For Ever
You said you're using slackware 12.1 and slackware 12.1 comes with "2.6.24.5" kernel but your kernel is 2.6.21.5.
Sound likes you went back to slackware 12.
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Originally Posted by keefaz
At least now, we may have some hint with the complete error messages
Could you post the first lines (4-5) of /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko ?
less /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko
Also the output with ' uname -r ', I tought the slackware 12.1 default kernel version was 2.6.24.5 (?)
Hmmm weird .....
Kernel is actually 2.6.21.5 on my slackware , and on my other computer i have the 2.6.24.5 wich i have installed both computers with the same cds imo ........
i did a nano /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko and imo the file is corrupted because there is SO much ASCII char on the first line of the part of each line .....
anyway the first readable lines are line 30 :
ASCII ASCII ASCII e100,mdio ctrl[s] won t go ready
:" " " e100 s s no space for CB
" " " cannot map devices register
Distribution: BackTrack V3.0 Final / SlackWare 12.1
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NIC = Network Interface Card.
It will be eth0 or eth1 if you had two NICs.
you can know whet is your NIC with ifconfig.
Post the the result of these commands and type (ifconfig) and (uname -r) in both of slackware and backtrack.
Slackware :
ifconfig : lo Link encap inet 127.0.0.1 mask 255.255.255.0
UP Loopback runningMTU 16436 metric 1
ifconfig eth0: error fetching interface information : Device Not found
uname -r :2.6.21.5
Backtrack:
everything seems good and i can connect to the internet , i have saved my config in the rc.inet file but i have to reconfig the eth0 each time the pc is rebooting
ifconfig eth0: Link encap:ethernet HWadrr : mymac
inetaddr: myprivateaddr broadcast : x mask : mymask
interrupt:21
what happens if you delete /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko and re-try a modprobe e100 ? Does it re-create it ?
Would you use a separate /boot partition by any chance ? and is this /boot partition shared by both Backtrack and Slackware ?
I have a feeling you're loading the Backtrack kernel in your Slackware system (I could be wrong)
Distribution: BackTrack V3.0 Final / SlackWare 12.1
Posts: 26
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Originally Posted by keefaz
what happens if you delete /etc/modprobe.d/e100.ko and re-try a modprobe e100 ? Does it re-create it ?
Would you use a separate /boot partition by any chance ? and is this /boot partition shared by both Backtrack and Slackware ?
I have a feeling you're loading the Backtrack kernel in your Slackware system (I could be wrong)
i can delete /etc/modprob.d/e100.ko
here is the return of a new modprobe e100 :
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
no, just put the root lines in Backtrack lilo.conf before the image lines
like:
...
root = /dev/hda4
image = /boot/vmlinuz
...
And run lilo in Backtrack to take change in account
But I am not lilo expert (I use grub) so I could be wrong
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