3c59x is also for 3c905 cards (I have one too). Add 3c59x to your /etc/modules file or compile it into the kernel. This driver is also included with potato. -Paul
On Tue, 21 May 2002 16:35:23 +0200 "Axel Schlicht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks. > > After getting a new PC the other day I am now trying and setting up my > old one as an internet gateway (although I have to admit I don't have > the slightest idea as what that might be; never had anything to do with > networks. So further inquiries are bound to follow). > > Well I installed linux on my box: > > - i586 P I, 233 mhz, 64 MB RAM > - 1 Realtec 8029 10mbit Card, accepted by NE2000 pci driver, > - 1 3com 3C905C-TX-M 10/100 mbit card, no driver available on potato > CD's > - 1 ATI All in Wonder (Mach64) PCI card, 8 MB > - 2 HDs, 2 CD-ROMs, serial mouse (ttyS0), standard keyboard > - SB-16 compatible sound card > - no shared IRQs > > 3com directed me to their homepage where I was able to download some > drivers, precompiled for up to kernel 2.2.15, some for kernel 2.4 up, > none specified for Debian. So I tried to compile 'em myself. > Unfortunately, those source files expect (among others) a file > "linux/modversions.h". But there is no such a file in the kernel > sources. > > How can I find the .deb containing that file? (More precisely and > general: How can I find out how to find out where a file might be? It's > nice there are over 4000 packages on the CDs but - of course - no way to > find a program if one doesn't know its most precise name and location > before ever using it |-(. ). > > So what can I do? > Where might I find a driver for that card, working or compilable under > debian? > Searching the website for 3C905C didn't yield anything. > > Or do I have to switch to SuSe (yucc), Red Hat (urrgh), Mandrake or even > worse? > > Any help will most gratefully be accepted. > > Axel Schlicht > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
