FIrst, enter lsmod to see which modules you have loaded. It may
be loaded already.
You can look at /proc/pci to see which irq and port your pci
devices are using, but you shouldn't have to mess with it - at
least I dont' think so - aren't PCI devices set up before any ISA
stuff?
I always use modprobe instead of insmod to load modules. I don't
know off hand if insmod will load all of the dependent modules or
not.
In Debian (the newer versions, anyway) the network is configured
using the /etc/network/interfaces file. It should be written out
for you during the install, but if it isn't (I don't know if you
have to have the net card up and running first) it would be a
format such as the following (see man interfaces for more info -
you can do things like set up different ways based on different
situations)
# automatically set up loopback interface on start up
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
#you would usually use one of the two, depending on whether you
have a static ip or use dhcp
# automatically set up eth0 on startup, dhcp
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
#automatically set up eth0 on startup, static ip - replace the
addresses with your requirements
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.23
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
#if you add a second network card, then do a setion with eth1
instead of eth0
You bring the network up with the command
/etc/init.d/networking start
stop it with
/etc/init.d/networking stop
and restart (stop then start) with
/etc/init.d/networking restart
scott
Electric Monk wrote:
> Well, since last Friday, I decided to bring in my
> Debian CDs to install on this
> computer here at work, instead of Redhat. I also
> bought a brand new PCI network
> card for said machine. However, I am still having
> difficulties with using insmod to
> load the appropriate kernel module for the card. It
> uses the Realtek 8139 chipset,
> so I'm assuming that rtl8139.o is the correct module.
>
> When I try to load it, I get an error message telling
> me that the device is busy, which
> it says means that the IRQ or I/O port could be
> configured incorrectly, although if I
> recall correctly, this SHOULD NOT be a problem with
> the PCI bus. What do I
> need to do to get it working?
>
> Also, when I type "ifconfig -a" at the console, the
> only interface that is shown is the
> loopback. Will the network card automatically be
> added once I install its module?
>
> --Kevin Fogleman
>
> =====
> --electricmonk
>
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