[wplug] ifconfig

Alexandros Papadopoulos apapadop at alumni.carnegiemellon.edu
Fri Jul 16 03:30:13 EDT 2004


On Friday 16 July 2004 07:41, Logan wrote:
> I just installed Slackware 10 on a desktop which used to run
> Mandrake, and am having networking troubles.
>
> root#  ifconfig eth0 up
> eth0: unknown interface: No such device

Yes, the module is not loaded, hence there is no such interface.

> but it's defined in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
> when I run /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 I get an error
> "modprobe: Can't open dependencies file
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/modules.dep (No such file or directory)"

Try running depmod -a and see if it fixes it.

> I think rc.inet1 is just running "/sbin/modprobe tulip" (which
> generates the same error)
>
> Am I missing a file here, or do I have something mis-configured, or
> what? lspci says my NIC is a "Macronix, Inc. [MXIC] MX987x5 (rev 20)"
> am I using the wrong driver for it? I've had trouble with that
> before, but I can't find anything.

I think it's the right driver, but it missed the modules dependencies 
file. See if depmod -a fixes it.

-A



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