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Thread: Help please - how do I install a ethernet card driver???

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    Quote Originally Posted by cindy
    Sorry Harry - I meant to address the message to you.....
    Thanks! I was wondering if I had somehow unintentionally offended you.

    Note to others: if I have intentionally offended you, you don't really need to tell me about it.

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    This step is in substition of the modprobe step. If you complete this one then there is no need to do any modprobe.
    As root user, edit the /etc/modules-2.6.11 file
    Add '8139too' anywhere in that file. Then save it & exit it.

    Top of /etc/modules-2.6.11:
    # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
    #
    # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
    # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
    # a '#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
    ehci_hcd
    uhci_hcd
    ohci_hcd
    usb_storage
    ieee1394
    ohci1394
    sbp2 serialize_io=1
    Modified /etc/modules-2.6.11:
    # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
    #
    # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
    # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
    # a '#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
    ehci_hcd
    uhci_hcd
    ohci_hcd
    8139too
    usb_storage
    ieee1394
    ohci1394
    sbp2 serialize_io=1

    This next step is in substition of the netcardconfig. If you complete this one then there is no need to do any netcardconfig.
    As root user, edit the /etc/network/interfaces file
    Add
    Code:
    auto eth0
    iface eth0 inet dhcp
    to the end of that file. Then save & exit it.

    Contents of /etc/network/interfaces:
    # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

    # The loopback interface
    # automatically added when upgrading
    auto lo
    iface lo inet loopback
    Modified Contents of /etc/network/interfaces:
    # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

    # The loopback interface
    # automatically added when upgrading
    auto lo
    iface lo inet loopback
    auto eth0
    iface eth0 inet dhcp
    Then issue the commands:
    Code:
    cd /etc/rcS.d
    ln -s ../init.d/ifupdown-clean S18ifupdown-clean
    Once the changes are made, then reboot & see if the network now comes up automatically.

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    James, I looked in every "etc" folder I could find and couldn't find a file called modules-2.6.11.

    I even tried using the 'find file' utility to first search for that file by name and then to find any file with the words "kernel modules" inside. I searched from the / root folder and didn't find it.

    FYI the version of Knoppix I'm using is 2.78 kernel 2.4.27

    I did find a file named "modules.conf" under /initrd/etc but the contents look very different.

    Maybe we're using different versions with different file names?

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    OK. I've been testing all of this on a HD install of Knoppix 3.9.

    I will do a HD install of Knoppix 3.7 & try it out.

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    A quick note:

    There is a #knoppix channel on freenode, so if you want to go about things in real-er time you could use gaim to get things going, although I'm not sure gaim came with her knoppix.

    k->internet->gaim (an instant message client)

    add accounts, choose protocol irc and enter a screen name

    signon , click on join and enter #knoppix for the channel (no password)

    it is very useful when troubleshooting back and forth.

    HTH

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    Skip the my other big post as it is related to Knoppix 3.9. I did a HD install of Knoppix 3.7.

    This step is in substition of the modprobe step. If you complete this one then there is no need to do any modprobe.
    As root user, edit the /etc/modules-2.4.27 file
    Add '8139too' anywhere in that file. Then save it & exit it.

    Top of /etc/modules-2.4.27:
    # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
    #
    # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
    # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
    # a '#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
    ehci_hcd
    uhci_hcd
    ohci_hcd
    usb_storage
    ieee1394
    ohci1394
    sbp2 serialize_io=1
    Modified /etc/modules-2.4.27:
    # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
    #
    # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
    # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
    # a '#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
    ehci_hcd
    uhci_hcd
    ohci_hcd
    8139too
    usb_storage
    ieee1394
    ohci1394
    sbp2 serialize_io=1
    Then reboot. The system should pickup the eth0 device & DHCP should automaticaly assign it an address. Do a ifconfig -a to make sure the eth0 device is present & it now has an address

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    Quote Originally Posted by UnderScore
    Skip the my other big post as it is related to Knoppix 3.9. I did a HD install of Knoppix 3.7.

    This step is in substition of the modprobe step. If you complete this one then there is no need to do any modprobe.
    As root user, edit the /etc/modules-2.4.27 file
    Add '8139too' anywhere in that file. Then save it & exit it.

    Top of /etc/modules-2.4.27:
    # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
    #
    # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
    # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
    # a '#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
    ehci_hcd
    uhci_hcd
    ohci_hcd
    usb_storage
    ieee1394
    ohci1394
    sbp2 serialize_io=1
    Modified /etc/modules-2.4.27:
    # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
    #
    # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
    # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
    # a '#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
    ehci_hcd
    uhci_hcd
    ohci_hcd
    8139too
    usb_storage
    ieee1394
    ohci1394
    sbp2 serialize_io=1
    Then reboot. The system should pickup the eth0 device & DHCP should automaticaly assign it an address. Do a ifconfig -a to make sure the eth0 device is present & it now has an address
    James - it worked!

    Thank you sooo much!

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