Michael Glaser wrote: > I have a Dell OptiPlex GX200 with an integrated 3Com 3C920 NIC. I just > added an Intel PRO/1000 card but I cannot get it to work upon boot > because the kernel module will not load. After the system boots, I can > manually load the module with insmod and then run the network startup > scripts. Everything is fine then. How can I configure the system to load > the module by itself? > > Here is what I have done so far... > > I am running Debian Sarge with the latest 2.6 kernel (2.6.8-1-686). I > don't need to have the 3Com NIC running at all, so I went into > /etc/modutils/aliases and replaced "alias eth0 3c59x" with "alias eth0 > e1000". Next I ran "update-modutils" and verified that it correctly > modified the /etc/modules.conf file. What else do I need to do to get > this to work? > > I don't know if this matters or not, but the module for the 3Com and > Intel NICs are in different locations (by default). Should this be > handled automatically, or is there something else I need to do? > > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.ko > /lib/modules/2.6.8-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.ko > > Thanks, > Michael Glaser > Wouldn't the Intel NIC still be eth1 even if you're not bringing up the 3COM NIC? Josh _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list