I have already commented the auto probe in rc.modules--and uncommented the correct driver. It loads just fine, I'm writing in it now. I reinstalled without having setup detect the card. Still in my dmesg I get:

cmpci: found CM8738 adapter at io 0xec00 irq 7
cmpci: chip version = 055
cmpci: Enable SPDIF loop
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.3.0 (Sep 29, 2002)
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:07.2
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:07.3
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:10.0
uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd400, IRQ 11
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:07.3
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:07.2
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:10.0
uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd800, IRQ 11
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
parport0: PC-style at 0x278 [PCSPP,EPP]
parport_pc: Via 686A parallel port: io=0x278
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.3.0 (Sep 29, 2002)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.3.0 (Sep 29, 2002)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.3.0 (Sep 29, 2002)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.3.0 (Sep 29, 2002)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.3.0 (Sep 29, 2002)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.3.0 (Sep 29, 2002)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.3.0 (Sep 29, 2002)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.3.0 (Sep 29, 2002)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.3.0 (Sep 29, 2002)
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 15:38:38 Mar 11 2003
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
root@duron1300:~#


It tries to load 8139cp module 10 TIMES, what is trying to load this driver?

BTW: the correct driver is 3139too.o--and it loads just fine.

My gut reaction is that it is trying to load a usb ethernet driver because of all the usb stuff going on before and after it tries to load the 9 times.

One more thought, I could sym link 8139cp to 3139too, but that would be a real lame fix.

Any thoughts would be well recieved, thanks

what do you get when youAlso, are you using the so called "Hot Plug" feature at boot time?

cheers

Jamie...

The grep only pulls up what I already know:

/etc/rc.d/rc.modules:#/sbin/modprobe 8139cp

However the hotplug sounds like it may be the trouble maker, any ideas of what I need to comment to turn off hot plug devices for a little test---I may just keep it that way because this is just a workstation.

Thanks

Hay that was easy! For any one having a similar problem---

cd /etc/hotplug/blacklist

vim ./blacklist

then simply add the driver that you dont want slackware to load to the blacklist--easy!

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