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Old 05-30-2006, 07:09 PM   #1
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A Question of Kernel RE-Compilation


For the first time ever Slackware (current) didn't detect my ethernet adapter. I have the Intel D945PSNLK Motherboard, & a Sata Hard drive. I'm suspecting the reason is that I didn't use the default kernel & instead I used the sata kernel and maybe that kernel doesn't have certain support.
So I guess my real question is; does anyone know of a way to get slack to recognize my ethernet adapter without me having to re-compile my kernel, which I've yet to be successful at.

Thanks in advance

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Old 05-30-2006, 07:26 PM   #2
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can you give the output of "lspci -v" ,
to see what nick you've got ?

and if your pc boots ok, then you've taken the right kernel.
your nic-support is probably modular.

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Old 05-30-2006, 07:36 PM   #3
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ethernet adatper

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Old 05-30-2006, 08:01 PM   #4
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Egag,

What do you mean by my nic-support being modular?
 
Old 05-31-2006, 12:03 AM   #5
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Yeah, the output of the command lspci -v was Intel® 82573V/82574V Gigabit Ethernet Controller.
 
Old 05-31-2006, 12:39 AM   #6
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Maybe you could go boot with the older kernel and check the name of the module for your card... then you could uncomment (or add) that under /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
 
Old 05-31-2006, 02:44 AM   #7
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You can compile just the modules you need in the kernel if you don't have the correct one all ready.

Code:
make modules && make modules_install
This will just make the modules you enable in the kernel config and will not disturb anything critical.

regards,
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hirts123
Egag,

What do you mean by my nic-support being modular?
i mean: it's a kernel-module.
it's a part of the kernel that can be loaded ( and unloaded )
( kind of plugin ).

if you didn't run "netconfig" already, than do so now.
( to set an ip-address or choose for using dhcp)

i think for your chip you need the "e1000" module.
you can load it ( as root ) with "modprobe e1000".

( you can check with "lsmod" if it's loaded )
after that, run "/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 start" to start things up.

that should do it.

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