In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> I just compiled and installed linux-2.4.20. I had been running >> linux-2.2.22 without network problems. The new kernel does not >> configure the network. At startup, the new kernel says it can't find >> module 3c59x, the driver for the 3COM network card (it also says it >> can't find the unix module). If I boot the older kernel, I have no >> network problems at all. I'm relatively new to Linux and don't know how >> to troubleshoot the new kernel. The modules and modules.conf files in >> both kernels look the same. Please advise. Thanks. Vince > > You compiled the kernel yourself? If so you forgot to select the 3Com > driver for your ethernet adapter. You'll have to recompile the kernel > with that module. Using "make xconfig" in the kernel-source directory, > go to > Network device support->Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) > > Click "y" for "3COM cards" and then select "m" for [3c590/3c900 series > (592/595/597) "Vortex/Boomerang" support]. > > Gary
Couldn't he just do the 'make xconfig' and then run 'make modules' and 'make modules_install'? I'm wondering if the original .config was used. There should be a copy in /boot. That would help a lot. I'm also wondering what is the meaning of the 'modules and modules.conf files in both kernels look the same'? Does this mean that the files in /lib/modules/2.2.22 are the same as in /lib/modules/2.4.20? If that is the case, then it would appear that all the same modules had been selected, right? Anita -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
