RE: [gentoo-user] NE module, modprobe, etc.

["Michael Kintzios" <michaelkintzios@lycos.co.uk>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: W.Kenworthy [mailto:billk@iinet.net.au] 
> Sent: 08 August 2005 03:42
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] NE module, modprobe, etc.
> 
> 
> Experience across a number of cards on a number of machines (both
> running 2.4 and early 2.6 kernels) says otherwise - and its 
> not working
> so its worth a try!  In fact, I cant remember it ever working without
> the irq option, even if the card uses "auto".  This brings up another
> memory - some cards refuse to work under auto, or plugnplay setting
> (planet I think in my case), I had to force a fixed IRQ with a jumper
> (nominally the same as the auto seemed to be).

Whenever I boot a LiveCD (Gentoo, Knoppix, etc.) I have to kick start
mine by:
===============
modprobe ne io=0x300 irq=3
===============
If you have M$Windoze check which irq the card uses and adjust
accordingly.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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