From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mxsf21.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.221]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CoXen-0007A8-00 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:50:45 -0500 Received: from mxip17.cluster1.charter.net (mxip17a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.147]) by mxsf21.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j0C1oDJt011037 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:50:14 -0500 Received: from pc-24-151-13-200.newt1.ct.charter.com (HELO h14me.homelinux.net) (24.151.13.200) by mxip17.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 11 Jan 2005 20:50:14 -0500 X-Ironport-AV: i="3.88,117,1102309200"; d="scan'208"; a="696255755:sNHT13516708" Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j0C1oCtF008711 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:50:13 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.11/8.12.10/Submit) id j0C1oCvX008710 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:50:12 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:50:12 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050112015012.GA8705@gmx.net> References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050111182409.01df1998@pop.voyager.net> <20050112001731.GY790@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050112001731.GY790@rednote.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Ethernet Card X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:50:45 -0000 acording to the docs this card is in fact supported. It however is not pci nor pnp so won't be autodetected. If I remember rightly Ace You're running slackware and newer versions of that distro won't probe for an isa network card during setup. On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 07:17:31PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > If modprobe isn't finding your card, it may not be a card you can use, > after all. Sorry to say that, but then network cards can be had very > affordably these days. I bought a realtech 10/100 for $10 at a computer > fair some time ago, for instance. > > You might need to decide whether chasing this particular card, or just > replacing it is the smarter way to go. > > ace writes: > > Hello, > > > > I have a 3C505 Ethernet card (according to my friend who sent it to me). I > > installed the card myself and tried > > ifconfig > > and > > ifconfig eth0 > > and it said device not found. So, I went to load the module: > > 3c59x > > which is a series module for a few more cards. After doing a modprobe on > > this, I still get the same results--cannot find the device. Are there any > > other modules that need to be applied to the kernel? > > > > Thanks > > Robby > > > > Network Administrator of > > irc.talkingirc.com > > http://www.talkingirc.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO (or Linux) is the answer. -- Taken from a .signature from someone from the UK, source unknown