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| 153523 | 2003-06-19 04:35:00 | Hi .. I'm using the Tulip drivers from Mandrake but I want to change to the RTL8139 driver .. how do I install the driver? Thanks | SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 153524 | 2003-06-19 05:43:00 | The driver will already be on there. You can check it by looking in /lib/modules/YOUR_KERNEL_VERSION/kernel/drivers/net for 8139too.o, or 8139too.o.gz (compressed version). Assuming its set to detect hardware changes (default) it will pick up the new card and configure everything automagically. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 153525 | 2003-06-19 08:52:00 | > The driver will already be on there. You can check > it by looking in > /lib/modules/YOUR_KERNEL_VERSION/kernel/drivers/net > for 8139too.o, or 8139too.o.gz (compressed version). > > Assuming its set to detect hardware changes (default) > it will pick up the new card and configure everything > automagically. I'm really sorry :( I've found it but as this is the first time I'm using Linux .. how to I install this driver? |
SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 153526 | 2003-06-19 09:11:00 | I'm not familar with tulip based cards, do they work with both drivers? If your swapping it with a new card, mandrake will handle installing the driver. If you want to force it to use a different driver to what it detected. Login as root, open /etc/modules.conf with a text editor, and change: alias eth0 tulip (or whatever) to: alias eth0 8139too |
bmason (508) | ||
| 153527 | 2003-06-19 09:14:00 | Thank you for your help . I will try and see .. and I am going to read all the documentation that came with the Mandake CD to learn more .. :D | SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 153528 | 2003-06-19 10:30:00 | I think modprobe 8139too will load the module into the kernel (but I am a little unsure of that). | flyer590 (2523) | ||
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