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> I just built a new computer using an ECS K7S5A motherboard.  It has an
> on-board 10/100 NIC.  It is supposed to use the SiS900 chipset.  RedHat
> 7.1 does not recognize the nic on install.  I checked out the SiS website
> and it appears that the driver update they have available is for kernels
> 2.2.x.  I thought RH 7.1 included kernel 2.4.x.

> Anyway... I don't really have a clue as to how to go about getting this
> thing working.  Any help would _greatly_ be appreciated.

>> I just built a new computer using an ECS K7S5A motherboard.  It has an
>> on-board 10/100 NIC.  It is supposed to use the SiS900 chipset.  RedHat
>> 7.1 does not recognize the nic on install.  I checked out the SiS
>> website and it appears that the driver update they have available is
>> for kernels 2.2.x.  I thought RH 7.1 included kernel 2.4.x.  Anyway...
>> I don't really have a clue as to how to go about getting this thing
>> working.  Any help would _greatly_ be appreciated.
> The 2.4.13 Kernel appears to have support for this.  JRT

> Thanks... I am still new to all of this.  Doesn't RH 7.1 come with kernel
> version 2.4.2-2?  At least that's what I think.  So why would it not be
> working?  Where should I start to try to get it fixed?  I have not
> rebuilt the kernel because I thought it would work automatically.

> Thanks.
> Andrew

>> Thanks... I am still new to all of this.  Doesn't RH 7.1 come with
>> kernel version 2.4.2-2?  At least that's what I think.  So why would it
>> not be working?  Where should I start to try to get it fixed?  I have
>> not rebuilt the kernel because I thought it would work automatically.
>> Thanks.
>> Andrew
> find / -name sis900.o -print
> if you already have sis900.o module, then add "alias eth0 sis900" to
> your /etc/modules.conf file. From this point, the network setting should
> be same as any other ethernet card.  If you don't have sis900.o
> installed, well, then you need to get the source code sis900.c and
> sis900.h, compile and install before you add the line to your
> /etc/modules.conf file.  Good luck!

> Hmm... I already have sis900.o in
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/net. I checked out modules.conf and
> there is already a line in there that says 'alias eth0 sis900'.  What
> does this mean?  Did the installation find the card ok?  Is it just not
> configured for networking yet? How can I test that the OS knows the nic
> is working properly and the driver is loaded?

> Thanks.
> Andrew

> >> Thanks... I am still new to all of this.  Doesn't RH 7.1 come with
> >> kernel version 2.4.2-2?  At least that's what I think.  So why would it
> >> not be working?  Where should I start to try to get it fixed?  I have
> >> not rebuilt the kernel because I thought it would work automatically.
> >> Thanks.
> >> Andrew
> > find / -name sis900.o -print
> > if you already have sis900.o module, then add "alias eth0 sis900" to
> > your /etc/modules.conf file. From this point, the network setting should
> > be same as any other ethernet card.  If you don't have sis900.o
> > installed, well, then you need to get the source code sis900.c and
> > sis900.h, compile and install before you add the line to your
> > /etc/modules.conf file.  Good luck!