[plug] Damn Small Linux / PCMCIA / eth0

[Adam Davin]

Hi Bruce,

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:52:03 +0800
Bruce M.Axtens <bruce_axtens at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

<snip> 
> Finally, I decided to have a go at DSL.
> 
> As it's loading it detects the network card in the PCMCIA slot.
> Cardmgr almost gets to the point of upping the eth0 interface and
> then stops.
> 
> It says something like:
> 	'executing: ./network start eth0'
> 	* Debian network startup
> 	* /sbin/ifup eth0
> 	* ifup: ignoring unknown interface eth0
> 
> For as long as it ignores the interface I can't get the machine
> online. Any ideas?
> 
To hazard a guess, it sounds like the module for the network card has
not / is not loading. 

Try googling for your network card to find out what module it uses and
then try 

modprobe <whatever your card module uses> 
Then
/etc/init.d/networking restart

This will hopefully bring up your network card, 

if it does work, you might be able to do something like 
alias eth0 <YourCardModuleName> 
in a file under /etc/modutils or /etc/modules.d depending on which it
is you are currently using. Alternatively, you can just stick the name
of the module in the /etc/modules file to ask the system to load it
each boot.

Hope this helps, 

Regards, 

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Adam Davin
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