[clug] RTL8139 problems

Simon Haddon simon at sibern.com.au
Wed Jul 7 07:39:15 GMT 2004


> Dennis
>
> ok... I would advise you to upgrade to something much newer.
>
> I do not recall what the story was with network cards in RH 7.1. At any
> rate have a look in /lib/modules/ directory and see of the module is
> there. If it is, re run 'depmod -a' by hand.

I don't beleive there was anything wrong with the rtl drivers on 7.1 .  I
have 7.1 on one of my servers and the driver loads with no problems and
was part of the standard kernel modules install.  ie: no kernel recompile
required.

>
> Also chekc if you have spare capacity on the disks. If not, your upgrade
> might have failed due to lack of disk space.
>
> Tomasz
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 01:48:18AM -0700, Dennis M Gray wrote:
>> Redhat 7.1. This is a second ethernet card I am adding
>> to the box.The first is a 3c59x,which works fine.
>
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