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From: J Sloan <jjs@pobox.com>
To: Stevie O <stevie@qrpff.net>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.2.20: pci-scan+natsemi & Device or resource busy
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 20:48:28 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C54D81C.6040604@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020126183314.01cbb510@whisper.qrpff.net>

Just curious, your friend is trying Linux
for the first time, using a distro that is
several years old?

He might have a better experience using
something a bit more recent, aside from
the other advice that has been given...

Joe

Stevie O wrote:

> My friend is trying Linux for the first time. I'm having him use the 
> pci-scan and natsemi modules for his Netgear FA-311 card. With the 
> initial download and compile and insmod, he got that wonderful message:
>
> natsemi.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
>
> He was using 2.2.13, so I got him to upgrade to 2.2.20 to see if that 
> might have fixed some problem. However, the problem still hasn't gone 
> away :(
> No amount of googling has revealed a solution to the problem, since 
> which I've discovered that "Device or resource busy" is an extremely 
> vague error message.
>
> Please help!
>
>
> -- 
> Stevie-O
>
> Real programmers use COPY CON PROGRAM.EXE
>
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-01-28  4:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20020127095000.GA11142@elektroni.ee.tut.fi>
2002-01-26 23:37 ` 2.2.20: pci-scan+natsemi & Device or resource busy Stevie O
2002-01-27  0:07   ` Jeff Garzik
2002-01-27  2:06   ` Stevie O
2002-01-27  2:13   ` Stevie O
2002-01-27 13:22     ` Daniel J Blueman
2002-01-27 18:43   ` 2.2.20: pci-scan+natsemi & Device or resource busy [Success!] Stevie O
2002-01-28  4:48   ` J Sloan [this message]
2002-01-28 18:22 2.2.20: pci-scan+natsemi & Device or resource busy Torrey Hoffman
2002-02-20 14:10 ` Jes Sorensen

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