Network Card not working

toothe · 11-07-2005, 03:58 PM

I am using slackware linux 10.2 with sata.i
My network card is listed when i do lspci
the card however is not detected by the os. At one point the NIC was picked up using the command ifconfig, after reboot nothing. i am unsure if the card may b damaged but because it has been working it shouldn't be a problem. thanks in advance for any ideas + help

win32sux · 11-07-2005, 04:08 PM

check with "lsmod" to see if the module for your card is loaded... if it's not, load it with a "modprobe"... once you've loaded the right module, edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file accordingly, so that the module will be loaded every startup...

toothe · 11-07-2005, 04:17 PM

i have never used modprobe. so i am unsure how to use it.

i did however run lsmod and didnt know exactly what i was looking for but cudnt see anything related to the network card. its built into the motherboard and its 3com gbit.

win32sux · 11-07-2005, 04:20 PM

post the output of "lsmod" if you like, maybe someone can spot a network module...

as for the usage of modprobe, do a "man modprobe" and you will have all the info you need... basically it's just a matter of issuing the command followed by the name of the module... for example:

Code:

modprobe 8139too

the above command would load the module for people with RealTek 8139x network card chips... look in your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file for other examples (there's a few 3coms in there)...

toothe · 11-07-2005, 04:26 PM

ill post the output of lsmod later, cause im away from my pc atm. but the module is needed for 3com3c940 its gbit onboard .

toothe · 11-08-2005, 12:12 PM

got it working, found which modprobe i needed, recompiled kernel and works perfect now thanks for help