On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:08:24 -0800, davide Richmond <rdavide69@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Heya all, > > I'm burnt on certifying on WinDoze...so figure it's time to dabble in Linux. > > So I've installed Fedora 3 on a Thinkpad A21M. It looks like everything > worked fine...so I just plugged in my LAN line and went..hmm...no access > when I launch Firefox. So, I went into Network Configuration and created a > new device using the eth0 that was listed under Hardware (3Com Corp 3c556B > CardBus [Tornada]). Unfortunately, when I hit Activate I get the error > Cannot activate network device eth0! (3c59x device eth0 does not seem to be > present, delaying initialization.) > > Any help would be appreciated :) You may need to try to run the /sbin/lspci if u are using the normal user or just run lspci in root account and would show it is defected by system or not. Ringo