On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 11:48:20AM -0500, Amy Tanner wrote:
> how can i tell if linux recognizes the nic card?  i have a 3c905C-TXM and
> in netconf the first adaptor did not have eth0 and 3c90x as defaults as
> it usually does.  i entered by hand but i still can't bring up eth0
> when i start the network.  ideas?  thx.

`lspci` and `dmesg | grep eth` would be a good start.  If it's not
mentioned in lspci, the hardware doesn't see it and if it's not in dmesg,
the OS missed it.