Hi,
how do i make kudzu redetect a already configured device. i want to reconfigure my nic.

thanks.

you can re-configure your nic without getting the kernel to re-detect it.

what do you want to re-configure?

my ethernet card is not detected anymore. it was working fine but now whenever i boot the system i get the msg

device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.

also i dont see any reference for it in /dev. i think /dev/eth0 has to be present for the nic.

so i want the kernel to add the reference.

thanks.

Post what /sbin/lspci prints out. I or some else can provide you an alias line for either /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf with the module (driver) that works.

heres the output of /sbin/lspci


00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M266 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 30)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 70)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]

thanks.

type

then


look for anything related to eth0 or via...

Add the following in /etc/modules.conf

alias eth0 via-rhine


Linux will load the module above every time you boot into it.

thanks everyone for replying. My network card has been detected.