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04-03-2003, 10:42 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Southern California
Distribution: Knoppix and Red Hat
Posts: 10
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Help with NIC config
I am new to knoppix and have been trying to install my NIC. I found and installed the drivers, but in the NIC setup it says "device busy." Any suggestions?
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04-04-2003, 09:40 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Distribution: Gentoo / NetBSD
Posts: 1,251
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what kind of nic? what does 'cat /proc/pci' tell you? you sure its the right drivers?
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04-04-2003, 11:46 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Southern California
Distribution: Knoppix and Red Hat
Posts: 10
Original Poster
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realtek 8310 i think-not sure of number.
the driver in nic config is identical to cat /proc/pci
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04-04-2003, 12:13 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Distribution: Gentoo / NetBSD
Posts: 1,251
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you sure its 8310? I couldn't find any info on any realtek 8310 card. 8139 maybe?
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04-04-2003, 03:37 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Southern California
Distribution: Knoppix and Red Hat
Posts: 10
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yes it is the 8139 do you have any advise?
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04-04-2003, 03:41 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Distribution: Gentoo / NetBSD
Posts: 1,251
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so when you modprobe rtl8139 it says device busy? or when you do a netconfig?
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04-04-2003, 05:18 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Southern California
Distribution: Knoppix and Red Hat
Posts: 10
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when I do a netconfig
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04-04-2003, 05:38 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Brisvegas, Antipodes
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 4,590
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You should only modprobe rtl8139 if you have a 2.2.x.x kernel, for a 2.4.x.x kernel you should modprobe 8139too.
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