network card
 

ive just bought a new motherboard how do i know if the on board network card is being seen? i had it working with a pci nic. so i put that in and still got the same probs. im using rh9. all i want to do is share a windows internet connection.
how do i enable the network card? i cant enable the eth0 device? i can find it in the gui but when i enable it, i get cannot enable this device. my network card is

Integrated MAC in MCP-D
RealTek 8201L PHY

the drivers for win is RTL8139. how do i check to see if linux has it in the modules?? if not how do i add it??

thanks

First thing to do is go into the bios on boot, and see if there is a plug'n'play setting somewhere. If there is, set it to no or disable.

To find out if your OS can see the card, su to root, and type lspci This should list all pci hardware, including onboard stuff.

To find out which modules are running, type lsmod as root in a console.

If it isn't running, type modprobe thenameofthemodule to get it running, again as root. Using insmod thenameofthemodule should make the modprobe stick for subsequent boots, too.