It looks like I got it: Calling "modprobe sk98lin" gave me a bunch of lines about eth0 Calling it again returned nothing any more, so I guess the first call loaded the driver. Calling "ifconfig eth0 up <IPADDR>" started it up and I was able to actually ping my gateway. So I added a new line into /etc/modprobe.conf: alias eth0 sk98lin I also added a new ifcfg-eth0 with the ususal content. After rebooting worked without problems, but still no eth0 when running ifconfig "modprobe -c" does not list the sk98lin driver. Searching for eth0 in the output shows: alias eth0 off Then I found that there is another file called /etc/modules.conf Adding "alias eth0 sk98lin" in there as well does the trick. After rebooting my eth0 is there and working. So now the last question: What is the difference between modules.conf and modprobe.conf and what do I need the second one for? Thanks, MARK > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:02 PM > To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases' > Subject: How to activate proper NIC driver? > > > Hello again, > > I just searched the web to find a driver for the Marvel Yukon > SysKonnect > SK-98xx Gigabit card > The driver that comes with the mainboard is called sk98lin - > however I can > not get it compiled and installed. > > At > http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2003-23/1456.html I found > this: > > Summary of changes from v2.4.21-pre4 to v2.4.21-pre5: > o sk98 driver vendor update > o [netdrvr] zap PCI_VPD_ADDR constants from skfp, sk98lin drivers > > > This sounds to me like the driver has been included in 2.4.21 or even > earlier. The FC1 CD I use installs kernel 2.4.22 Doesn't this > mean that the > driver I need should be part of the FC1 kernel I install? Why > does it not > find it? How can I point it to the right driver manually? > > Thanks, > > MARK > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
