Thin client rollout on Various Dells

basemodel · 01-16-2004, 10:38 AM

Ok, I got a test machine going, added built in support in "make menuconfig" for everything i can think of, then re-compiled the kernel with "make dep clean bzImage modules modules_install" and when I rebooted, my ethernet, sound, and everything else isn't detected under lsmod. Is this because I did built-in support instead of modules? Please help..

david_ross · 01-16-2004, 01:25 PM

Did you modprobe your modules after the reboot?

basemodel · 01-16-2004, 01:30 PM

Yes, and it said for example on my nic, said "cannot find module 3c95x" or whatever the module name is (i know this is the right module). Is this because I did built in support[*] intead of module support [M]?

david_ross · 01-16-2004, 01:42 PM

If you built it in then there won't be a module for it.

basemodel · 01-16-2004, 01:44 PM

Thank you, that's what I wanted to know, but here's another question: why isn't my ethernet driver working if it's supposedly built in?

Thanks a mil for all your help

david_ross · 01-16-2004, 01:47 PM

I'm not sure - are you sure you have the right driver? Can you post the output of:
lspci
dmesg

basemodel · 01-16-2004, 01:53 PM

# lspci | grep 3Com
02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)

Since i don't have connectivity, it would take to long to post Dmesg, but I didn't see anything in there about a NIC. Is this bad?

david_ross · 01-16-2004, 01:58 PM

Well in your earlier post you said driver "3c95x" but I don;t think that will work with "3c905C".

Astro · 01-16-2004, 01:58 PM

Is this the one that you compiled into the kernel? SOmetimes even though it says the model it doesn't hit the nail on the head. I had one card that when I compiled it in it wouldn't work but when I compiled in the series of cards it was in, it worked... maybe that would be of some help?

basemodel · 01-16-2004, 02:00 PM

It was something like that, although I don't remember the module name, but it did work up until I recompiled the kernel. I'll go back through one more time and make sure I didn't miss anything.

basemodel · 01-16-2004, 02:11 PM

do you have to do anything specifically when adding built-in support? Like, for modules, i would do "make dep clean bzImage modules modules_install", but am I barking up the wrong tree here?

david_ross · 01-16-2004, 02:22 PM

You need to copy the kernel to your boot directory so you can boot from it.

basemodel · 01-16-2004, 03:24 PM

Oh Crap, sorry 'bout that guys..it's working now..guess i deserse today's Darwin award