configuring potato to recognize 3com ethernet card

Off the cdrom installation of potato results in a setup that does not utilize my 3com509xxx card. The config file has CONFIG_NET=y CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y What else do I need. Thanks JWC

networking 2 pcs

I have two pcs connected by a crossover cable. Both have their nics appropriately configured, (to 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2, resp). I cannot get them to ping each other. I think the problem is that the telnetd service is shut off in both of them. The slackware box is connected to the internet so

mouse problem under Xwindows

I have potato installed using a SiS6326 4MB graphics card. After the SVGA server was installed Xwindows loads ok but I cannot control the (ps2) mouse. The mouse works ok in console mode. I think the Xwindows version is 3.3.6. Thanks for your help. JWC