On February 11, 2004 08:59 pm, Edward Dekkers wrote: > NV Karyadarsi wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > > > I joined the mailing list today and I have a problem. > > I have Redhat 9 installed on my Intel box. I have > > installed a wireless network card for my network at > > home. I also managed to get the driver for the card > > (it is a file with *.o extension). The driver is > > presently in my home directory. However during kernel > > boot, it fails to start the ETH1 which corresponds to > > the wireless card. I realize that the module should be > > included at the boot time in order for it to recognize > > the network card. > > > > Can someone tell me how I should proceed with this? My > > requirement is that I should be able to let it > > recognize the network card and not do it myself > > everytime (I use insmod command). And also, should the > > module be placed in any of the system folders like > > /etc? > > > > Please advise! > > you need to put the line: > > alias eth0 <name of your module> > > in your /etc/modules.conf > > where to store the module I'm not sure. Maybe somewhere in /lib/modules, > but someone else better jump in here. > > Regards, > Ed. The module should go into: /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/ so if your kernel is named (in /boot) "vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.custom", then the dir is: /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.custom/kernel/drivers/net/ oh, and I think Ed meant 'eth1' -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
