Ethernet card

[Kostas Sfakiotakis]

Greetings ,

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Antonio Montagnani wrote:
> Michael

> you are right, but I mean that I should have installed FC5 with no USB
> device connected, and then...after install I would have connected
> modem etc..

Well you can try the following .


As the computer is closed  , disconnect the usb modem . Now boot linux
kudzu should pick up that the USB modem is missing ask kudzu to remove the
configuration for the USB modem  now let the system continue with the boot
proccess . After the machine has booted restart kudzu ( that way kudzu 
would
rescan your devices )  , who will rescan the hardware and probably pick up
correctly the ethernet card . If he doesn't try to configure the network 
card with
the Network Device Wizard . After the ethernet has been configured 
correctly,
while the system is running connect the USB modem , kudzu will now 
pickup the
modem and try to configure it . Two chances here .
1. Either kudzu will manage to configure the modem correctly and you should
    be ready to go with both devices to go .
2. Or kudzu will just identify the USB modem and fail to configure it 
correctly

In the second case , you will probably have a clearer identication of 
what is
going on .

If i might say it is my opinion that the problem is not with the 
ethernet card .

I  have the network card in question and  i can't remember how long i have
to do something like compiling  a driver for her . The driver definitely 
comes with
the kernel and if someone uses the default options of a vanilla kernel 
things should be
ready to go  ( I know that for a fact for both FC1 and FC4 ) . It could 
be that the kernel
fails to identify correctly the modem and therefore it get's confused .

alias eth0 via-rhine

The above is the line from my /etc/modules.conf  .


Kind Regards,
   Kostas