Re: Netconfig Fail

Peter
2005-10-09T01:33:19Z

On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 09:01:23 -0700
Ray Olszewski <ray@comarre.com> wrote:

> Peter -- The new NIC is not a standard tulip NIC. It is a Davicom NIC
> (see Slack's dmesg output) and needs the dmfe module, not the tulip
> module. (Yes, I know Slackware *thinks* it needs the tulip module;
> Slackware is wrong. Or perhaps you are, if you added it by hand.)

No slackware added it.

> Both Fedora and DSL get it right. Look in the lsmod output from the 2
> distros that work and you will see that dmfe is present but not tulip.
> Also review the dmesg output you sent us.
>
> Finally ... Peter, once you sent all this stuff, it took me less than a
> minute to spot the problem. I mention this because so often I ask (you
> and others) for a complete problem description, not a fragmentary one.
> It can make a real difference in ease and speed of troubleshooting.
>
It seems it needs always someone like you to help to put on the right shoes.

Yes, I saw it myself as well when I had all the sent outputs that I need the dmfe module. When I tried to install it I got an error message. Did not catch it. Have to go over to slackware gain and will let you know.

Thanks & regards
--
Peter