On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 15:18:27 +0100 robert_wilhelm_land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Make xconfig greyed the Realtek driver 8139 selection out although > 10/100 ethernet support has been selected. I played a bit with > selecting other options but never managed to get the Realtek driver > option active! > > This is even more mysterious since this mashine has this ethernet card > installed and is currently recognized by the potato 2.2.16 kernel > (after a clean installation 10 days ago). > > After having problems to get my soundcard to work I need to rebuild > the kernel and now this! > > 'Make mrproper' was launched before starting 'make xconfig', so > nothing should influence the process of creating a new kernel. > > Would someone be so kind to help? RealTek cards come under lots of brands. The best advice I have for you is to leave them alone! I had two of them in my box which started crashing every few hours. I see them in the networks round there, and they give you permanent troubles. Try to change them as soon as possible! -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .
