while linux is booting up, for some reason it gives me this message:

insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.8.26.mdk/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o.gz insmod eth0 failed.

and the same for my other 3COM module. (eth1)

It didn't used to do this until i changed the DNS IP to the correct one.

Any ideas?

while linux is booting up, for some reason it gives me this message:

insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.8.26.mdk/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o.gz insmod eth0 failed.

and the same for my other 3COM module. (eth1)

It didn't used to do this until i changed the DNS IP to the correct one.

Any ideas?


Last edited by SirKalten on 02-20-

hi ,

Its obvious ur NIC drivers are not being loaded properly.
Remove the lines pertaining to eth0 alias in the file /etc/modules.conf and also rename the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ....... please take backup of ur system and the files mentioned above before making any changes.

Start "kudzu" util or restart the machine. If ur NIC is not detected then "insmod" the drivers of ur NIC and verify the above mentioned files again.

My guess is that ur linux distro auto detected ur NIC and did a "modprobe" and so i gave the above solution but maybe its possible that one of the startup scripts has a "insmod" command which is trying to load the module/driver, if so than u should comment or remove the entry.

NOTE: the steps mentioned above are for RedHat linux.


Hope this helps.

Regards,
Xanthium.