Dear Jim, Thanks alot for your help. I just have another question... when I was installing Debian (latest version 1.3) I did noticed that they do have a module (NET) that supports 3C59x. Since this is a recent release of Debian why isn't there a more recent copy of the driver made available in the URL you gave me? Why wasn't this included in the new debian device diskette? It appears to be using a x/x/96 driver instead (Debian 1.3)? Well just curious... :)
I have already downloaded the new 3c59x.c driver and it does have a much more recent date (x/x/97) :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FYI this was the message that garbled my screen after I selected eth0 as the primary connection (before applying any patches to the kernel): eth0: Media selection timer tick happened, MII. eth0: Media MII is has no indication, 8802. eth0: Media selection timer finished, MII. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I will give it a try now. Hope it all works out ok :) Best wishes! Dave -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .