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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next prev 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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