Re: FC6 not connecting -- amplification

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On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:02:06 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:

> On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 18:50 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
[...]
>> The 3c501 could be removed. You might want to investigate whether the 
>> Intel 82557/8/9 is supported and by what driver.
> 
> Should be the "e100" driver.  According to the source code:
> 
>  *      I.   General
>  *
>  *      The driver supports Intel(R) 10/100 Mbps PCI Fast Ethernet
>  *      controller family, which includes the 82557, 82558, 82559,
>  *      82550, 82551, and 82562 devices.  82558 and greater controllers
>  *      integrate the Intel 82555 PHY.  The controllers are used in
>  *      server and client network interface cards, as well as in
>  *      LAN-On-Motherboard (LOM), CardBus, MiniPCI, and ICHx
>  *      configurations.  8255x supports a 32-bit linear addressing
>  *      mode and operates at 33Mhz PCI clock rate.
> 
> So verify that the "e100" driver is loaded via "/sbin/lsmod".

All right, making assurance doubly sure, I logged in using "su - root"
*and* did cd before /sbin/lsmod.

I see columns labelled Module, Size, and Used by. "e100" is not mentioned
in any of them -- and without a Net connection, I have no way to download
anything. Can I get it off the CDs, as I must have been doing before? 

Or is it there somewhere and has to be activated or enabled somehow?

-- 
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.


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