Bug 74713 - Ethernet modules don't load
Summary: Ethernet modules don't load
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Garzik
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-10-01 03:13 UTC by Stephen Rasku
Modified: 2013-07-03 02:06 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-10-25 18:38:26 UTC
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Description Stephen Rasku 2002-10-01 03:13:49 UTC
Description of Problem:

I am trying to create a firewall using RH 7.3 and an old Pentium 90 but the
ethernet modules don't load even though the cards were detected properly during
install.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Red Hat 7.3

How Reproducible:

100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Red Hat 7.3
2. Re-boot
3. modprobe ne2k-pci
4. modprobe via-rhine

Actual Results:

Upon booting, I get:

    ne2k-pci device does not seem to be present, delaying eth0 initialization

and:
 
    via-rhine device does not seem to be present, delaying eth1 initialization

The ethernet lines in /etc/modules.conf as created by the install are:

alias eth0 ne2k-pci
alias eth1 via-rhine

The results of "modprobe ne2k-pci" are:

/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/net/ne2k-pci.o: init_module: No such device
/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/net/ne2k-pci.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/net/ne2k-pci.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/net/ne2k-pci.o: insmod ne2k-pci failed
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters

The results of "modprobe via-rhine" are:

/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/net/via-rhine.o: init_module: No such device
/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/net/via-rhine.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/net/via-rhine.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/net/via-rhine.o: insmod via-rhine failed
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters

Expected Results:

The modules should be automatically loaded at boot-up and should be able to be
loaded manually.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2002-10-01 03:21:15 UTC
Hm, sounds like a kernel issue.

Comment 2 Jeff Garzik 2002-10-25 17:51:39 UTC
Can you please provide "lspci" output?
Also, attempting to reproduce in 8.0 would be helpful.


Comment 3 Stephen Rasku 2002-10-25 18:38:19 UTC
I am sorry but I have changed that machine to OpenBSD.  Since it is working in
this configuration, I don't want to muck with it.  You might want to resolve
this WONTFIX.

Comment 4 Jeff Garzik 2002-10-25 18:43:25 UTC
ok, done :)

Thanks for responding so quickly.



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