RE: [TCLUG:10768] Compaq NIC Woes

["Carl Patten" <cpatte@trimodalinc.com>]

I guess I'll ask the first question:  What did Linux detect for the Ethernet
card?  That is to say, what does your /etc/conf.modules look like?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perry Hoekstra [mailto:dutchman@uswest.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 8:56 AM
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Subject: [TCLUG:10768] Compaq NIC Woes
>
>
> Great the sun all,
>
> I installed RH6.1 on a Compaq ProSignia 300 with no problem.  Recognized
> both the embedded SCSI and Ethernet.  The line shows active on my little
> 5-port hub.  I do an ifconfig and things look correct. However, I try a
> ping and about a hundred lines of cryptic numbers flash by and I get a
> kernel panic.  The box locks up and I have to perform a hard reboot.  I
> have always been wary of the embedded Compaq stuff (many woes with
> Compaq servers and MS NT). I am kinda clueless here, disable the
> embedded NIC and get one I know works under Linux?
>
> --
> Perry Hoekstra
> Consultant
> Talent Software Services
> dutchman@mn.uswest.net
>
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