----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Glover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 12:33 PM Subject: eth0 > From: Eric Clover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >im having a problem.i have an ethernet card , and it Was working. for > >some unknown reason , it no longer works. it stopped working after a > >reboot. > >it is a realtek rtl8139b. i just changed the module but that just gave > >me an error when the module loads. in the /etc/sysconfig/hwconf it is > >listed > >- > >class: NETWORK > >bus: PCI > >detached: 0 > >device: eth > >driver: rtl8139 > >desc: "Realtek|RTL-8139" > >vendorId: 10ec > >deviceId: 8139 > >pciType: 1 > >- > >and in the conf.modules > > > >alias eth0 rtl8139 > >options rtl8139 irq=5 > > > >it gives no reason for the failure when starting the eth0 , just says > >failure. > >hints/clues on how to fix this?? > >thank you > >eric > > Just a few suggestions. > > I see that you are specifying the irq in /etc/conf.modules. Are you sure > that's the right interrupt? Did you check /proc/interrupts? for some reason , it is Not listed in my /proc/interrupts this is what i have : 0: 6579101 XT-PIC timer 1: 3145 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 3: 403397 XT-PIC serial 4: 47442 XT-PIC serial 7: 233167 XT-PIC soundblaster 8: 2 XT-PIC rtc 10: 392511 XT-PIC advansys 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu 14: 518629 XT-PIC ide0 15: 251555 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 what would cause the network card to not show up in /proc/interrupts ?? in the bios , it tells me that the network card is on irq 5. please help eric -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
