On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 03:49:40PM +0000, Robert Cates wrote: > > Does Etch (i386/i486) with the (standard) 2.6.18 kernel have a problem > recognizing (some) network cards? > > I have a problem ever since apt-get dist-upgrade from Sarge to Etch. Etch > with the standard 2.6.18 kernel does not find/recognize my network cards. > Sarge (3.1) did and ran fine, Etch does not, and I even bought a new > network card (which has a different chip) and it still does not. Not even > the Debian installer from the CD1 ISO auto-detects the cards, or accepts my > manual selection. > > I have NetGear FA311 adapters - the older one has the National > Semiconductor chip (DP83816AVNG) which worked fine with Sarge (2.6.8 > kernel) and the newer one has the Realtek RTL8139D chip. > > Oh, what is sit0? When I give >> ifconfig -a I get the loopback and sit0 > interfaces(?). >
I forget what sit0 is, other than that you don't have to worry about it. I think it has something to do with inter-process comms. Send us the output of dmesg | grep -i eth Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
