Hi What you see is its probing and its initialisation. Its saying right this is what you've got here so if required this is how I['m going to run it. Just because you've tuned a video or a DVD player setting up the time etc h as to be initialised for you to use it. By looking at it isn't going to start it working. Gena >Hi. Well interestingly enough, when I do a lsmod, there are no modules = >listed. But when the kernel is booting, it tells me the driver version = >and all the information regarding the card itself such as mac address. = >So I believe that this means that the driver is in the kernel? I believe = >this is so, however for some reason the tulip driver might not be = >loading?=20 >----- Original Message -----=20 >From: Georgina <gena at gena-j.net> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 9:56 AM >Subject: Re: question=20 > > >> Hi >>=20 >> Sorry forgot try "man interfaces" >>=20 >> Gena >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> >Hi all. I finally got my kernel to boot, and after doing a make =3D >> >oldconfig and editing .config to answer y to tulip support, the = >kernel =3D >> >boots. It probes my ethernet card and calls it eth0. It also displays = >=3D >> >its mac address and finds it on irq 10. However, the problem is that = >=3D >> >when I check dev to make sure eth0 is present, it isn't there. Why = >would =3D >> >the device not be initialized into a device file if it was probed =3D >> >successfully? This doesn't really make sense to me, considering that = >=3D >> >everything went ok. And naturally, I couldn't do ifconfig dhcp = >because =3D >> >it didn't find the network interface? How could I go about fixing = >this =3D >> >problem? Thanks in advance!=3D20 >> > >> > >> >_________________________________________________________ >> >Do You Yahoo!? >> >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Speakup mailing list >> >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup