PeterThePenguin

I wasn't upset. Thank you for your advice and for the welcome. Peter

Please, I'm not THAT much of a noob. I get several messages when I execute this command: One tells me that /etc/conf.modules is newer than /modules.dep another tells me init_module: device or resource busy another tells me that insmod failed the last one tells me that insmod failed as well. Any suggestions? Peter :huh:

Hello Yves. I checked /dev and there is no entry for eth0. I don't know if that helps. Do you suppose a recompilation is in order? Peter

Hello Yves. Thanks for your reply. Executing that command returns no information at all. Any other ideas. It would seem that the via-rhine module is not installed. Perhaps I should go look in /lib/modules? Peter

Hello. I am relatively new to Linux. So far I have installed and working well on 1 laptop and 4 desktops. I have a problem with one of the older desktops. I needed a NIC so I purchased a D-Link NIC known to work with the 2.2.x kernel. I untarred and compiled the driver as instructed without incident. After rebooting and trying "insmod via-rhine.o" I get a message saying "Device or resources busy". It does this all the time. I have given up for now. I would really like to get the thing working so ALL my Linux machines will be networked. I would appreciate any help or advice. And yes I know its ancient but I have new distros too. I just like some nostalgia. Peter