Re: HELP! xconfig won't give access to modules

Thanks for the tip (and also thanks to Brad for the more detailed response). That works. There is still a problem. Though the card and the driver are recognised on startup, modprobe complains that it cannot find the driver. It does exist -- it's in /usr/src/.../drivers/net, but it does not appe

Re: HELP! xconfig won't give access to modules

did you enable expermintal driver support? that should make the rtl8139 driver show up ..i use htat card in a lot of systems too. nate On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Cam Ellison wrote: cam_el >I have an ethernet card that requires the rtl8139 driver. The driver cam_el >is present in the kernel source (2.

Re: HELP! xconfig won't give access to modules

On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 08:03:17AM +0800, Cam Ellison wrote: > I have an ethernet card that requires the rtl8139 driver. The driver > is present in the kernel source (2.2.17), but xconfig (not to mention > config and menuconfig) does not make it available for selection, i.e. > it is greyed out. A

HELP! xconfig won't give access to modules

I have an ethernet card that requires the rtl8139 driver. The driver is present in the kernel source (2.2.17), but xconfig (not to mention config and menuconfig) does not make it available for selection, i.e. it is greyed out. To forestall the obvious question, yes, I have a number of networking