On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:27:09 -0700, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > Beartooth wrote: >> OK, fine -- how do I find out? > Have you tried my previous suggestion? Grep for eth in > /var/log/messages (instead of dmesg): > > grep eth /var/log/messages > > What's the result? I get about 2 1/2 or 3 screens of stuff. I also did grep eth /var/log/messages > eth-messages.txt, which worked. What's more, so did cp eth-messages.txt /home/btth and then (as root in /home/btth) chown -v btth eth-messages.txt, which told me it had changed ownership to btth. But I can't seem to get K3B to see that my CD drive (an HP CD-Writer) on that machine can in fact burn CDs; nor can I dig up from ancient memory how to copy it onto a floppy. Therefore, since the old P2 also can't see the router (I checked the cables!), and therefore isn't likely to be able to do scp, I can't seem to get the file into anywhere I can email or post it from. Catch-22 ... > As for modules, if any, you can type 'lsmod' at the command line to > see what's (currently) loaded. I'd also look at the contents of > /etc/modprobe.conf to see if it's doing anything with eth0 at all > (assuming it sees it): cat /etc/modprobe.conf lsmod from a root prompt gets me "bash: lsmod: command not found" cat /etc/modprobe.conf from the same root prompt gets : alias eth0 e100 alias eth1 3c501 -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.