Declan,
First, let me say that i have not tried what i am about to describe, but i think it
will work.
Take a look at /lib/modules/modules.dep and see how simple it looks. I *think* that in
order to
get 8390 to load before ne2k-pci, you would want a line that went something like:
--Hey! Will you look at that. I went to find a line in modules.dwp that had ne2k-pci
in it and i
found the following, which is just what i was going to say should be there:
/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ne2k-pci.o: /lib/modules/2.2.18/net/8390.o
Since it was in mine, i'm guessing it may well be in yours too. Make sure it is. Then,
go and edit
/etc/modules.conf and make sure that it has in it:
alias eth0 8390
Then reboot (i know, i know) and give it another whirl.
If your configuration files already have all of that then.....mmm.....i don't know.
You could
easily make a little shell script that could start before the network is brought up at
boot (if it
even is brought up at boot). Ask again if you want explore this option.
I hope that helps, Declan. Good luck :-)
j
--- Declan Moriarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, to make a long story boring, Rebuilding the kernel, and
> reinstalling the card got me nowhere: I did discover that it is now using irq
> 12, although I believe windows did this recently when I reinstalled, but
> nothing worked. The following commands produced results.
>
> insmod 8390 (lsmod showed it unused)
> insmod ne2k-pci
> ifup eth0
>
> Now I can ping myself and my other machine without fuss or hassle, and thanks
> to all who made suggestions along the way. A reboot will kill all that and
> I'll have to do it again. It seems to indicate the rest of the stuff was right.
>
> The problem is that ne2k-pci.o is loading without first loading the 8390
> module someone mentioned, so it screws up. I have kernel autoloading of modules
> configured in the kernel, and things like the vfat disks and the cdrom all work
> fine
>
>
> But how do I get it to load the modules right? :-/
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Declan Moriarty
>
>
>
>
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