From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mxsf08.insightbb.com (mxsf08.insightbb.com [74.128.0.78]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D037710B85 for ; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:42:43 -0400 (EDT) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,269,1246852800"; d="scan'208";a="726042020" Received: from unknown (HELO asav03.insightbb.com) ([172.31.249.123]) by mxsf08.insightbb.com with ESMTP; 25 Jul 2009 13:42:43 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AloKAAPhakpKhPU6/2dsb2JhbACBS4lBhS6/HoQNBQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,269,1246852800"; d="scan'208";a="100247663" Received: from 74-132-245-58.dhcp.insightbb.com (HELO Boe) ([74.132.245.58]) by asav03.insightbb.com with SMTP; 25 Jul 2009 13:42:43 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Jayson Smith" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <019b01ca0d49$435e2ee0$6400a8c0@quan> Subject: Re: Ethernet not working, a weird one! Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:42:44 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:42:44 -0000 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" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" 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@braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces@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@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