network cards are not working with 2.6.14 kernel

**ddaas** · 11-03-2005

hi,
I have a 2.4.31 slackware 10.2 box with 2 network cards. The cards are installed properly and they function ok. I wanted to upgrade to 2.6.14 kernel, so I downloaded, compiling and installing it. The problem is that none of my network cards were properly installed (ifconfig -a return only info about loopback interface).

How can I find out from the working system with 2.4.31 kernel what kind of network cards do I have and to select them properly in the “make menuconfig” form 2.6.14 kernel?

If I want to install them as modules, do I need to manually load the driver modules for the network cards or it is done automatically at boot time?

**anomie** · 11-03-2005

ddaas,

Is there not a tool in slackware to tell you what type of NICs you have? If you really get desperate you can try

Code:

hwinfo

With this info you can recompile your kernel with support for the NIC devices.

If I want to install them as modules, do I need to manually load the driver modules for the network cards or it is done automatically at boot time?

I think you can do either. With

Code:

modprobe

you can load them manually. By adding them to

Code:

/etc/modules.conf

you can load them at boot time.

Caveat: I am not very familiar with slack, and I have worked less with modules under Linux than FreeBSD (so hopefully someone will correct me if I am mistaken).

**dafl00** · 11-03-2005

as supplemental advice,

if

Code:

ifconfig eth0 up

doesn't bring anything up then

Code:

dhclient or dhclient3

(if you're assigned ip through dhcp) and then

Code:

ifconfig eth0 up

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