From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from executioner.lis.net.au([203.35.83.3]) (3054 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2000 20:15:01 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from uucp by executioner.lis.net.au with local-rmail (Exim 2.05 #1) id 13YHFO-0001MV-00 (Debian); Mon, 11 Sep 2000 10:14:54 +1000 Received: from kerry by gotss.eu.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1) id 13YH8W-0001Nx-00 (Debian); Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:07:48 +1100 Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:07:48 +1100 From: Kerry Hoath To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Voice Synthesizers and now tripple talk Message-ID: <20000911110748.C5292@gotss.eu.org> References: <3.0.6.32.20000910123134.007b4da0@mail.ufw2.com> <3.0.6.32.20000910142130.007b5710@mail.ufw2.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000910142130.007b5710@mail.ufw2.com>; from bharding@ufw2.com on Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 02:21:30PM -0500 List-Id: If you'd taken the time to glance at the ethernet howto, or dropped on into http://www.scyld.com/ you'd see everything you wanted to know about ethernet under Linux. The 3com 3c595 uses the 3c59x driver. So that there are some exciting things left to do in the world, I leave you with the personal battle of figuring out how to modprobe the driver. man modprobe Regarding PCI devices under Linux, they're configured by BIOS32, try the PCI HowTo. Regards, Kerry. On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 02:21:30PM -0500, Brent Harding wrote: > Oh, cool. How does one know which driver a nic is compatible with, if it's > a generic brand? > My friend has pci cards that come with a cd-rom, from 3-com, I believe > device manager calls it a 3c-595, and he uses the same ISP I use, none of > us got dsl yet, waiting on the telco to finish running lines to their end, > and whatever else they have to do. The utilities install themself in > windows, are these kind of cards plug-and-play? There's no pcipnp tools for > linux, just isapnp. > At 12:48 PM 9/10/00 -0500, you wrote: > >Brent, > > > >I don't know what makes you think an ISA network card will work easier > >then a PCI one. I have used at least five different PCI cards in limux and > >in every case it was a simple matter of plugging it in and selecting the > >right driver. In fact, much of the time if the card is installed when > >setting up Linux it can be auto-detected. > > > >-- > >Kirk Wood > >Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net > >------------------ > > > >Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. > > Alfred North Whitehead > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- -- Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.eu.org Alternates: kerry@emusys.com.au kerry@gotss.spice.net.au or khoath@lis.net.au ICQ UIN: 8226547