Greetings all,

since I need to install the wireless device driver for the Debian system,
so I compiled and installed the 2.6.13.2 version kernel, but the eth0
(wired-ethernet card) now cannot be found using the newer kernel. Some kinda
":eth0: no such device" is displayed on the screen during booting procedure.
I guess that's because I incautiously removed the necessary ethernet card
driver when I was doing the "make menuconfig" part. How can I re-install
those drivers for the eth0? (I am not sure which one is the precise driver,
but I'm sure it is contained in the kernel source). Thx a lot!

Regards,
Deephay

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Deephay wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
>   since I need to install the wireless device driver for the Debian system
,
> so I compiled and installed the 2.6.13.2 version kernel, but the eth0
> (wired-ethernet card) now cannot be found using the newer kernel. Some kin
da
> ":eth0: no such device" is displayed on the screen during booting procedur
e.
> I guess that's because I incautiously removed the necessary ethernet card
> driver when I was doing the "make menuconfig" part. How can I re-install
> those drivers for the eth0? (I am not sure which one is the precise driver
,
> but I'm sure it is contained in the kernel source). Thx a lot!
>
> Regards,
> Deephay
>
>
You could try solving this with a 'Linux' outlook. Drivers are more MS
Windows, not a knock, just fact. Try setting up your network 'first'
either through DHCP or manually. Linux doesn't care who made your NIC as
long as your provided settings point it to the proper location, for the
most part.

Have your ISP settings, especially your DNS (which can actually be
temporarily substituted) at hand and open any one of a myriad of network
configuration programs available as root. You'll be surprised how
network friendly X is. For particular instructions you'd have to provide
particular system data via e-mail or simply touch base with a local
colleague, or use the Net.

I hope this leads you in the right direction.

Sincerely,

Otis

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