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I've just installed SuSE 6.3 on a Compaq 7470 here in which I installed
a Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN card. I'm sure it works because I can use
it if I boot with Windoze.

But when I boot into Linux, I can't seem to make anything happen. I've
built tulip.o from the tulip.c included with the card, and put it in the
/lib/modules/2.2.13/net directory. I can then run 'modprobe tulip', and
the module loads, but lsmod shows it as "unused" and nothing shows up
in /proc/devices. And the network config seems totally oblivious.

Am I doing something stupid?

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Quote:> I've just installed SuSE 6.3 on a Compaq 7470 here in which I installed
> a Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN card. I'm sure it works because I can use
> it if I boot with Windoze.

> But when I boot into Linux, I can't seem to make anything happen. I've
> built tulip.o from the tulip.c included with the card, and put it in the
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/net directory. I can then run 'modprobe tulip', and
> the module loads, but lsmod shows it as "unused" and nothing shows up
> in /proc/devices. And the network config seems totally oblivious.

Linux doesn't handle Ethernet devices quite like most other devices.
After using modprobe to load the kernel module, you need to use ifconfig
and route to get basic network functionality working, plus a handful more
commands or procedures to get everything working. Alternatively, if your
network uses DHCP, you can use dhcpcd or dhclient to do all this
automatically. For details (including necessary parameters to ifconfig,
route, and other commands), check the Linux networking HOWTO documents, or
pick up a book on Linux networking (I've got several suggestions,
including one of my own, at
http://www.rodsbooks.com/books/books-network.html).

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The newer Linksys cards have changed the chipset to something called a
"PNIC-II". Try using the "tulip-new" module, rather than the "tulip"
module. I had to do the same thing, and now it works fine. Kinda of a
pain though, as at first it couldn't even detect the card during
install. There's more info on the tulip webpage, but I can't find the
addrees right now.
Regards, jim