Broadcom card not recognised?

scompa · 05-18-2006, 02:46 PM

When I first installed slackware it recognised my Broadcom 10/100 network card, but now I reistalled Slack and it didn't recognised it and didn't created rc.netdevice file. I tried to reinstall slack again but nothing, still won't recognise it. I reviewed rc.modules file to uncomment card I use, but I did't find any Broadcom cards there.

Bruce Hill · 05-18-2006, 04:44 PM

The file /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice will be created when you let Slackware look for a network card during installation. If it finds one, it will suggest to write a line "/sbin/modprobe <card driver>" into that file. What chipset is your NIC? Issue "/sbin/lspci" and post the results.

gilead · 05-18-2006, 05:32 PM

I'm using the Broadcom BCM5788 which is reviewed here at http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/sh...t=2021&cat=202. To get it running I had to disable the local APIC support in my kernel.

Have you re-configured your kernel or are you using a different kernel with local APIC enabled? If this is a general Broadcom issue and you haven't resolved it yet this might help.

scompa · 05-19-2006, 05:04 PM

Today I turned on my comp and Slack automaticly recognised card. I can't beleve...

Bruce Hill · 05-19-2006, 05:06 PM

Long live Slack!