Hi, I'm a bit new at this...
I installed the 'vanilla' 3.0r0 Debian distribution (2.2.20 kernel) on my machine, selecting the natsemi Ethernet driver for my NetGear FA311 card. It works fine. Then, I compiled the 2.4.18 kernel the Debian way, making sure to select the natsemi driver in make xconfig. While dmesg shows: natsemi.c:v1.07 1/9/2001 Written by Donald Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.scyld.com/network/natsemi.html (unofficial 2.4.x kernel port, version 1.07+LK1.0.14, Nov 27, 2001 Jeff Garzik, Tjeerd Mulder) PCI: Enabling device 00:0f.0 (0104 -> 0107) PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 00:0f.0 PCI: Sharing IRQ 3 with 00:0e.2 eth0: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xe0800000, 00:09:5b:09:be:de, IRQ 3. ns83820.c: National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 driver. and eth0: link up. ...no network apps work (mozilla, ping, etc). When I boot back into my 2.2.0 kernel, things are fine again. Of course, this seems to suggest that I left something important out of my 2.4.18 kernel. :) Any ideas? You can see my dmesg for my 2.2.20 kernel as well as my 2.4.18 kernel here: http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~eea1/dmesg_2_2_20.txt http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~eea1/dmesg_2_4_18.txt Also, it seems like in general the driver selector on a new Debian installation is different than the one in make config/xconfig. Are there any functional differences? Is one known to leave out things the other doesn't? Thanks, Everett __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
