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Re: Still frustrated with Realtek 8029...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Anderson)
Fri Nov 22 17:37:15 1996
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 17:00:02 -0500
From: Paul Anderson <andersop@spacey.net>
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David Weller wrote:
>
> I'm beginning to suspect there's a flaw in RH4.0. I'm not seeing
> reports of problems like I'm having anywhere else. People are
> replying to me like I'm asking if "ls" is supported in Linux!
>
> I've rebuilt the kernel with Ethernet support and (EISA, VLB, PCI and
> other) support. I re-ran LILO (both with and without the "append="
> feature) and still my card isn't recognized.
>
> What pathetically trivial thing am I missing? eth0 is an "unknown
> device" (hell, the only thing that exists is "lo")
>
> I've confirmed the offset address by catting /proc/pci.
>
> I'm quite at my wits end, and I've spent over 8 solid hours trying to
> solve this problem. After reading DejaNews, the RedHat archives, and
> the HOWTOs, it would seem like _I_ am the one with the problem, not my
> hardware (the card works wonderfully under Win95, FWIW).
>
> I'm still open for suggestions. If I can't get this to work, the
> future of Linux is 100% dead at my workplace (since the Realtek 8029
> card is what we have in all our boxes).
>
Please don't feel alone. I am having the same problem with a different
card. I have checked all the network startup scripts. I have tried
from the lilo loader. There is no recognition of the card. Let me know
what oyu find.
Paul Anderson
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