-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 09:07:33AM -0700, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > I'm trying to set up a linux system here at school at my lab station, and am using a cross over. Doesn't your school have an I/T department for doing that kind of stuff, or are they for windows only, or is setting up a gnu/linux system part of a course you're taking? > I installed linux and all that, "All that" isn't informative enough. What distribution? > but when I use ifconfig, it says that eth0 wasn't recognized. > I've tried: > inserting a NIC card in to the pci slot and using that. > I also tried the onboard card, and it's not recognizing. > Any ideas on how to get it to recognize? I've never had this problem before. What does dmesg say, if anything? Does linux have support for the card(s) you're trying to use, and if so, then is that support configured into your running kernel, either as modules, or built-in? Greg - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmduLQACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyB1egCfR13TZyuRoCKumDvQehX6AQac UMkAmwWW6LhaxHlKeELBI1vsGF7YyezE =TsTI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----