ethernet confusion...

[Jim Cheetham]

On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 21:55 -0400, Matt Price wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 09:07:07AM +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote:
> > Also, check to see if the kernel has recognised your card at all -
> > "dmesg | grep eth". Was the card in place when the system booted?
> > 
> well, I think the card is recognized at boot; when the card is
> installed, but not when it's removed, I get this in dmesg:
> ---------
> Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers.
> isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
> isapnp: Card 'Plug & Play Ethernet Card'      <-- this is my card, I think
> isapnp: Card 'CS4236B'
> isapnp: 2 Plug & Play cards detected total

Cool. The hardware has been recognised, but not associated with a
network interface yet. Just because the text name says "Ethernet"
doesn't mean that your machine realises what it's supposed to do. 

Probably the right module for your card is present on the machine, but
needs to be loaded. Perhaps I've missed an earlier comment in the
thread, but what sort of card is this? Any serial numbers? Even the MAC
address would be useful, as that would identify the original
manufacturer.

The fact that it worked under RedHat indicates that there is a module
somewhere out there, so don't loose hope yet!

-jim