On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 12:16:59PM -0500, fredex wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 11:55:43AM -0500, Gordon R. Keehn wrote: > > I just upgraded a running FC2 system to FC3, and everything seemed > > to go smoothly except that I lost network connectivity via a slightly > > aged but still functional 3C509B NIC. I've tried reactivating it via > > the Network config program, but while its existence is acknowledged, it > > doesn't respond to my requests to start interfacing. Since the only > > access to the world beyond my home office is via that network card, it > > reduces the value of that system substantially. > > Has anyone else run into (and gone beyond) this problem? > > RH doesn't seem to distribute the binary driver for those old ISA > network cards anymore. much to my chagrin. I've got a half-dozen or so > 3c509b-tpo cards around here. Last time I looked they did distribute > the source, still, so you could build the module yourself if you > wanted to. I'm not having any problem with my 3c509 card. It is not detected by Kudzu or Anaconda, but system-config-network configures it correctly and it works just fine under FC3. Just another data point. -- G.Wolfe Woodbury `- -' RHCT U The Line Eater is a boojum!
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