Adding ethernet card to modprobe.conf

Gregory Woodbury ggw at wolves.durham.nc.us
Mon Nov 1 03:14:21 UTC 2004


On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 09:59:49PM -0500, Stephen More wrote:
> The install of FC2 went ok, except for 1 thing...It did not recognize
> my ethernet card.
> insmod 3c509 worked so I added and entry to /etc/modules.conf
> alias eth0 3c509
> rebooted and nothing happened.
> I read that modules.conf is for kernel 2.4 and I need to make an entry
> in modprobe.conf so I did:
> alias eth0 3c509
> I rebooted again and nothing happened.
> 
> What is the right way to add support for this network card ?

run system-config-networking and add it under the "Devices" tab

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