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Trying to install Slackware 9.1 for a work project. After the installation is complete, there are no ethX devices. I did go through the netconf utility, and it sets up hostname and domain. And the lo device can be ping'd.
It seems your ethernet card's module (driver) is not being loaded. Try posting the info about your card you get with cat /proc/pci (or lspci). Once the correct module can be loaded the ethX interface should be created alone.
The lo device is the loopback device (with address usually 127.0.0.1) is used only to access your pc using that address FROM your pc (loopback says all ).
Please.. Post the name and model of your net device.. Slackware recognizes a lot of network devices.. But we have to know the name and model to know what ethernet controller are you talking about.. !
Well.. sorry for my very bad english language.. ;-) !!
Ok it should be a Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M_2 Gigabit Ethernet if my search went ok and it uses the tg3 module, try: /sbin/modprobe tg3
and see if your card is now detected in ifconfig.
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.o.gz: init_module: No such device
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.o.gz: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.o.gz failed
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.o.gz: insmod tg3 failed
I searched on the web (Altavista & Google) for the card id: "14e4:165e"
Most people that (at least what I saw on the results) used these card were using newer kernels (mostly 2.6.X), if you can make it work I would suggest you to upgrade to a newer kernel, maybe 2.4.30 is enough. Also, if you have broadband you could try a newer version of Slackware.
Unfortunately I'm stuck with this version. We've got a supplier who has their own driver which requires Slackware 9.1 We're trying to evaluate their hardware, so I got volunteered to "make it work".
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