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Re: [TCLUG:2147] 3com 3c905b



I got my 3c905b-tx working just fine under RedHat 5.1 running 2.0.35, and
under slackware 3.5 running 2.0.34.  I used the 3c59x.o module both times.
Like you, I was unable to compile the 3c59x module into the kernel in
RedHat, so I just modprobed it in rc.local.  Why this is I don't know.  

Gabe

At 12:32 AM 11/11/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Has anyone here gotten 3com's 3c905b to work under linux. I'm trying to
>help a friend install linux (rh 5.1 but rh 5.2 is coming in the mail
>soon), but he has this card with redhat doesn't support it but claims some
>people have gotten to work under linux. (the card shows up in /proc/pci
>and the module for it loads, but when we try to connect to the network
>via dhcp, which worked fine for me first try is says dhcp failed. I tried
>it without dhcp and it said delaying eth0 initialization.) I found some
>kernel drivers for it from:
>
>http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
>
>but when updated the file 3c59x.c in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net and tried
>to run make modules it said modules weren't supported in this kernel,
>which isn't true because /proc/modules shows the 3c59x module loading. I
>recompiled the kernel with modules, but then I got errors on startup about
>modules.dep although the file /lib/modules/preferred/modules.dep is there
>and with the correct paths in the file. 
>
>Some said that turning off the computer and unplugging it made it work,
>but my friend is dual-booting and this hardly seems practical.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>
>P.S. Are there any stores near Northfield accesible without a car that
>carry $15-20 ne2000 nics? 
>
>Thanks,
>Ben
>
>Ben Luey
>lueyb@carleton.edu
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