Re: Debian/Ubuntu modules

what card are you using that isn't being autodetected?

On 2/21/07, Jsw <jsw@wadell.org> wrote:
> Thanks,
>
> Put the driver in /etc/modules, and it politely showed up as eth0.
>
> Jim
>
> Shane Spencer wrote:
> > If for some reason 'udev' and init scripts like 'discover' arent
> > finding your ethernet devices, place the module in /etc/modules, check
> > out 'man modules' from your shell. Debian and Ubuntu modprobe
> > functionality comes from the package module-init-tools, a quick 'dpkg
> > -L module-init-tools | less' should show you all the files it has
> > installed and what docs/man pages it has available.
> >
> > If thats not the case and you actually want to rename ethernet device
> > names from eth3 to eth1 or similar, udev can handle this as well.
> > There is also a program called ifrename available to debian which is
> > configured via /etc/iftab where you can map ethernet names like eth1,
> > tulip1, wan1, sallyann1 to any device matching a module, mac, or
> > physical address. However udev should have outdated that. I can't
> > find an example at the moment of udev handling this.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > On 2/20/07, Jsw <jsw@wadell.org> wrote:
> >> As far as I can see, Ubuntu does not have an /etc/modprobe.conf file to
> >> hook devices like eth1 to a module. I am trying to move a system image,
> >> and am failing to get the network running. Where does the Debian type
> >> system set this up?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Jim
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Received on Wed Feb 21 20:19:24 2007