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Old 09-08-2003, 08:36 AM   #1
Mahoot
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NIC won't stay configured


mad:Good day, people
Here's my prob. I'm running Man 9.1, and things were going fine. THEN, I changed NICs. I had a realtec when I installed 9.1, switched to Dlink DFE-530TXS. Now when I boot up and try Opera or email, I get an error message stating ' Could not connect to remote server'. I go to control center/hardware, and auto detect shows the card in the list with all the info in the right column. I run 'config tool' and then everything is fine untill the next time I boot. I running DSL through a Dlink router. I have read forums and FAQs untill my eyes are ready to fall out, but so far, I haven't found anything quite like this.
Thank you for any help you may give, it will be highly appreciated.
Mahoot
Ps. I have an update. Today, after about eight hours of Evolution being minimized, it failed to retrieve mail. Reboot, Configure NIC, got mail. WHY.

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Old 09-08-2003, 06:30 PM   #2
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what does it say in your /etc/modules.conf file?
 
Old 09-08-2003, 06:55 PM   #3
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glad to hear from you. Okay, typed in /etc/modules.conf ...hit enter...got message 'access denied'. Tried both as user and su.

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Old 09-08-2003, 07:10 PM   #4
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you need to type in "less modules.conf" in order to see what is there.

You could also do it with the cat command: "cat modules.conf"

What you are doing is trying to invoke it as an executable. It won't do that.

When you list it out, copy/paste it here.
 
Old 09-09-2003, 09:33 AM   #5
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Okay, I tried both command lines, and received the message 'no such file or dir'. Tried as both user and su. Is there a certain place I should have opened a terminal, or something extra I should have added to the C Line.
 
Old 09-09-2003, 11:31 AM   #6
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You need to be root, or su'd. This should show the alias for eth0 which is your NIC. The correct module needs to be loading associated with the card.

# cat /etc/modules.conf
 
  


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