I have slackware 8 from about a year or more ago installed. I don't
use it much, but sometimes I need to. A few weeks ago the network card
in the machine that runs slackware went bad. I have removable drives
and usually boot windows os's for testing software. Now, I need to use
linux again, but the network doesn't work because it still thinks that
I have the linksys card. But now there is a 3com 3C905C... card in the
machine.

What is the easiest way to get linux to forget about linksys and know
about the 3com card. My kernel version is 2.4.19.

thanks,
William

On Saturday 25 October 2003 11:44 am in alt.os.linux.slackware William
Wuister wrote:

> I have slackware 8 from about a year or more ago installed. I don't
> use it much, but sometimes I need to. A few weeks ago the network card
> in the machine that runs slackware went bad. I have removable drives
> and usually boot windows os's for testing software. Now, I need to use
> linux again, but the network doesn't work because it still thinks that
> I have the linksys card. But now there is a 3com 3C905C... card in the
> machine.
>
> What is the easiest way to get linux to forget about linksys and know
> about the 3com card. My kernel version is 2.4.19.

edit /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice

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William Wuister wrote:
> I have slackware 8 from about a year or more ago installed. I don't
> use it much, but sometimes I need to. A few weeks ago the network card
> in the machine that runs slackware went bad. I have removable drives
> and usually boot windows os's for testing software. Now, I need to use
> linux again, but the network doesn't work because it still thinks that
> I have the linksys card. But now there is a 3com 3C905C... card in the
> machine.
>
> What is the easiest way to get linux to forget about linksys and know
> about the 3com card. My kernel version is 2.4.19.

If it is the stock kernel you can use "netconfig" to do it. Or
you could edit /etc/modules.conf and change the line for the
right ethX device. I'm not sure which module that card uses but
the line below would be the one you need to change.

alias eth0 tulip

Then without a reboot you can remove the old driver with this.

rmmod tulip.o

and load the new one.

modprobe module-name

You should also run "depmod -a".

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On 2003-10-25, William Wuister <wuister32@yahoo.com> wrote:

> What is the easiest way to get linux to forget about linksys and know
> about the 3com card. My kernel version is 2.4.19.

The easiest way probably is to edit the file /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice to
load the module for your new network interface card instead of the old
one, and then reboot.

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William Hamblen <william.hamblen@earthlink.net> writes:

> The easiest way probably is to edit the file /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice to
I can't find this file in my Slack 9.0

-- Julio

William Wuister <wuister32@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have slackware 8 from about a year or more ago installed. I don't
> use it much, but sometimes I need to. A few weeks ago the network card
> in the machine that runs slackware went bad. I have removable drives
> and usually boot windows os's for testing software. Now, I need to use
> linux again, but the network doesn't work because it still thinks that
> I have the linksys card. But now there is a 3com 3C905C... card in the
> machine.
>
> What is the easiest way to get linux to forget about linksys and know
> about the 3com card. My kernel version is 2.4.19.

Find out how your system loads the driver for Linksys. Then, replace
that module with '3x59x'. Usually, put
modprobe 3c59x
somewhere in your boot sequence.

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On 2003-10-25, Julio Uehara <julueh@Shinzen.discovery.net> wrote:
>
>
> William Hamblen <william.hamblen@earthlink.net> writes:
>
>> The easiest way probably is to edit the file /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice to
> I can't find this file in my Slack 9.0

The file /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice is created by the Slackware installer when
probing for your ethernet interface during installation. If the installer
did not find your ethernet interface you won't have the file. The file
/etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice is run from the file /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. The
file /etc/rc.d/netdevice contains the command that loads the kernel module
for the ethernet interface. You can create the /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice
file manually if you have an ethernet interface the installer didn't
recognize rather than edit the fairly long /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file.

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William Hamblen <william.hamblen@earthlink.net> writes:

> On 2003-10-25, Julio Uehara <julueh@Shinzen.discovery.net> wrote:
> >
> > I can't find this file in my Slack 9.0
>
> The file /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice is created by the Slackware installer when
> probing for your ethernet interface during installation. If the installer
> did not find your ethernet interface you won't have the file. The file
> /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice is run from the file /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. The
> file /etc/rc.d/netdevice contains the command that loads the kernel module
> for the ethernet interface. You can create the /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice
> file manually if you have an ethernet interface the installer didn't
> recognize rather than edit the fairly long /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file.

Thanks for the detailed explanation. My network card was detected during
installation and I am connected to the internet through this card. Checked
again for the file but it isn't there. The explanation could be that it is
a pcmcia card in my laptop.
Thanks again.

-- Julio

Julio Uehara wrote:
> Thanks for the detailed explanation. My network card was detected during
> installation and I am connected to the internet through this card. Checked
> again for the file but it isn't there. The explanation could be that it is
> a pcmcia card in my laptop.

yes. rc.inet1 and rc.netdevice are not used for pcmcia cards. see
/etc/pcmcia/network.opts for that.

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Hi

William Wuister wrote:
> ...
> What is the easiest way to get linux to forget about linksys and know
> about the 3com card. My kernel version is 2.4.19.

Rather than rebooting and testing, try it manually first. For
example, as root
# ifconfig -a ; check that you have no ethx device
# modprobe 3c59x ; if no news, its good news
# ifconfig -a ; now there should be a ethx
# ifconfig etx n.n.n.n netmask m.m.m.m ;replace x, n and m!
# ping <your default gateway here> ;should find it!
# route add default gw <your default gw here>
# ping <some ip outside>

If all that works, look at /etc/rc.d/rc.modules and rc.M

Arun.