In comp.os.linux.networking Nolan <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> "Michael Heiming" <michael+(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> In comp.os.linux.networking Nolan <(E-Mail Removed)>:
>>> "Michael Heiming" <michael+(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> In comp.os.linux.networking Nolan <(E-Mail Removed)>:
>>>>> Hey there everyone....I've been googling for about two days
>>>>> for a Realtek NIC driver for Kernel 2.6
[..]
>>>> # modprobe -l | grep 8139
>>>> /lib/modules/2.6.13-mh/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.ko
>>>> /lib/modules/2.6.13-mh/kernel/drivers/net/8139cp.ko
>>>>
>>>> The driver should be on your box already presuming default
>>>> distro kernel.
>>
>>> Yep... those are there... but ubuntu cannot decect my nic
>>> card... is there some step I missed?
>>
>> If the system can see the NIC, '/sbin/lspci', just stick the
>> alias into /etc/modprobe.conf ("alias eth0 8139too") or
>> whatever ubuntu uses, check the distro manual run 'depmod -a'
>> and see if you can load the driver and configure the NIC
>> manual (ifconfig).
> There is no 'lspci' in the /sbin/ directory... so I'm assuming that means
> that the system doesn't realize it's there... any further suggestions?
Hardly believable that you don't have 'lspci' available, what
kind of distro is that, not installing this important tool? Best
idea to install it asap.
BTW
I'd be delighted if you could stop top-posting, in order to avoid
I'd need to edit on reply to make the mess readable again.
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