On Friday 23 January 2004 02:01 pm, brfg3 at yahoo wrote: > I have Debian3 rc2. After installing from the CD, the command uname -r > shows a 2.2 kernel. I want to use a 2.4 kernel for USB and IPTables > support. I made two attemps to install a debian kernel image from two > different tutorials and both times kernel did not find the standard netgear > 311 nic card. It works in 2.2, though. I changed the nic to a linksys, and > then a dlink (both cards are detected by suse 7.0 - 9.0 and Red Hat 7.1 - > 9.0), and still got the same result. This leads me to the conclusion that > there must be something I missed. Is there some other undocumented or > little-known step to making a the standard Debian 2.4.18 kernel detect my > NIC? ? Is there some way to install a 2.4.18 kernel while installing from > the cd, and maybe avoid this hassle? > > TIA ! > > > >
You may want to try to install discover. apt-get install discover apt-cache show discover will provide you with some info about what it does hardware dection wise. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
