> > I'm installing Debian (1.2) for the first time. The base install didn't > seem to have any problems, but my ethernet card isn't being configured > properly after the system comes up. The card works in this machine > under Freebsd and Windows 95. > > The card is an SMC 9332, it's a PCI card based on the DEC 21140 chip. I > put "tulip" in /etc/modules. When the module is loaded it displays > > tulip.c:v0.10 8/11/95 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +0.72 4/17/96 http://www.dsl.tutics.tut.ac.jp/~linux/tulip > +0.01 10/24/96 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2.1.7) > eth0: smc9332 (DEC 21140 Tulip) at 0xfc80, 00:00:c0:bb:08:bf, IRQ 9 > > but there's an error from ifconfig when /etc/init.d/network runs. When > I run it by hand as root it looks like this: > > + ifconfig eth0 38.233.80.66 netmask 255.255.255.240 broadcast > 38.233.80.79 > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Try again
[Klippa, klapp, kluppit rest of information. ] > -- > Roderick Schertler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I use that card as well. You should go to <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.html> and get the latest driver. It version 0.66 or something now. I myself use version 0.55 quite successfully, so I haven't bothered to upgrade. The page also have links to two tulip mailing lists. Hopefully helpful, MartinS
