Actually, I don't have it as a module, but built into the kernel. So there shouldn't be a module to load, right? Jayson ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Homuth" <james@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 12:59 PM Subject: RE: Ethernet not working, a weird one! > You did throw the driver module into /etc/module.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, > right...? > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Jayson Smith > Sent: July 25, 2009 12:47 PM > To: Speakup > Subject: Ethernet not working, a weird one! > > Hi, > > For several years, I have had a Linux system running Gentoo, without > issue. This is an approx. 1.8GHZ desktop, and I'm not running any GUI, > it's > strictly console. > On June 18, lightning struck our home. Among other things, it appears > to have destroyed every device connected to our Ethernet network at the > time > of the hit. This included the 3Com 3C905C NIC in my Linux box. I found > another such card and installed it. No joy. Even though the kernel driver > is > installed, the system refuses to recognize the card. It is listed in the > output of lspci, though. Just in case this other card was also toast (not > likely, since it was sitting in a drawer at the time of the lightning hit) > I > installed a Realtek Ethernet NIC and recompiled the kernel with its driver > installed. No joy. However, the real kicker is that a System Rescue CD > which > includes Speakup can access the Internet using the 3C905 card I installed, > and which my Linux system would not recognize. Therefore, I know the card, > and more importantly, the motherboard are working okay. It's just > something > messed up on the software end. What could this be? > If I end up having to rebuild from scratch, what is a currently good > distro for console only, no GUI Linux that supports Speakup? If I were > rebuilding anyway, I would strongly consider switching from Gentoo to an > easier to maintain distro. > Thanks for any help. > Jayson > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
