[gentoo-user] Ethernet Module (3c59x) not recognized

[gentoo-user] Ethernet Module (3c59x) not recognized

[Gilberto Martins]

Hi all.

Now I have only one problem: the ethernet module. During the
initiatio, I have the following message: "Failed to load 3c59x". Of
course I had no network for this.

I tried "lsmod" and saw that no modules were loaded. What shoud I do
to configure the loading of needed modules at startup ?

Thanx

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Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Module (3c59x) not recognized

[Steven S.]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Gilberto Martins wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Now I have only one problem: the ethernet module. During the
> initiatio, I have the following message: "Failed to load 3c59x". Of
> course I had no network for this.
>
> I tried "lsmod" and saw that no modules were loaded. What shoud I do
> to configure the loading of needed modules at startup ?
>
> Thanx
>
>

Add the module name on it's own line in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
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Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Module (3c59x) not recognized

[Stroller]

On 13 Feb 2006, at 19:24, Steven S. wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Gilberto Martins wrote:
>>
>> Now I have only one problem: the ethernet module. During the
>> initiatio, I have the following message: "Failed to load 3c59x". Of
>> course I had no network for this.
>
> Add the module name on it's own line in /etc/modules.autoload.d/ 
> kernel-2.6

I think that the message Gilberto is seeing indicates that udev or  
coldplug or something is already trying to load the 3c59x module - I  
don't think that adding its name to /etc/modules.autoload.d/ 
kernel-2.6 will make any difference.

What does `modprobe -v 3c58x` say?

I'm a bit confused by Gilberto's statement: "Of course I had no  
network for this."
If you mean that "I have no networking because of this error" and the  
modprobe line above makes no difference then I might be inclined to  
swap the network card out for another one.

Stroller.




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Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Module (3c59x) not recognized

[Gilberto Martins]

Hi again.

> I'm a bit confused by Gilberto's statement: "Of course I had no
> network for this."
> If you mean that "I have no networking because of this error" and the
> modprobe line above makes no difference then I might be inclined to
> swap the network card out for another one.

Yeah, that is what I intended to say, sorry for that. Probably I was sleepy ...
But worst than not finding the module to be loaded, is executing
"lsmod" and having nothing listed. I tried to compile the kernel
following the guidelines in the handbook, like make menuconfig, make
and make module_install. But it seems the the modules were not
generated.

I tried "find /usr/ -iname "*"3c59x*" but only the source code was
listed. I was expecting to find the "*.ko". What I missed?

I see the problem is not relative to the nic module, but to any module.
Guess I should gather more details and start a new thread.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Module (3c59x) not recognized

[Stroller]

On 14 Feb 2006, at 13:27, Gilberto Martins wrote:
> ... I tried to compile the kernel
> following the guidelines in the handbook, like make menuconfig, make
> and make module_install. But it seems the the modules were not
> generated.
>
> I tried "find /usr/ -iname "*"3c59x*" but only the source code was
> listed. I was expecting to find the "*.ko". What I missed?

The Quick Install Guide gives the spelling as: `make && make  
modules_install`

Stroller
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Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Module (3c59x) not recognized

[Emmanuel Durin]

The make module_install command installs the modules into
/lib/modules/2.x.xx/. Search for your file into this directory instead
of into the sources directory.
If you can't find it, go to /lib/modules/2.x.xx/ and browse to see if
there is some modules. If you find some, then you should probably have
forgotten to enable the compilation of the 3c59x module, or you have
included it directly into the kernel. Rerun make menuconfig and use
the search function (press the / key) to find and configure it.

2006/2/14, Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>:
>
> On 14 Feb 2006, at 13:27, Gilberto Martins wrote:
> > ... I tried to compile the kernel
> > following the guidelines in the handbook, like make menuconfig, make
> > and make module_install. But it seems the the modules were not
> > generated.
> >
> > I tried "find /usr/ -iname "*"3c59x*" but only the source code was
> > listed. I was expecting to find the "*.ko". What I missed?
>
> The Quick Install Guide gives the spelling as: `make && make
> modules_install`
>
> Stroller
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>
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Module (3c59x) not recognized

[Gilberto Martins]

This problem was solved already, I really commited a huge compilatiom mistake.
So, I decided using genkernl to help. But this is another thread ...

2006/2/15, Emmanuel Durin <e.durin@gmail.com>:
> The make module_install command installs the modules into
> /lib/modules/2.x.xx/. Search for your file into this directory instead
> of into the sources directory.
> If you can't find it, go to /lib/modules/2.x.xx/ and browse to see if
> there is some modules. If you find some, then you should probably have
> forgotten to enable the compilation of the 3c59x module, or you have
> included it directly into the kernel. Rerun make menuconfig and use
> the search function (press the / key) to find and configure it.

I really didn't know about the / key in make menuconfig. Thanks for
that, I will try that out after.

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