FC6 not connecting -- amplification

[Rick Stevens]

On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 16:58 +0000, Beartooth wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:02:06 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 18:50 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
> [...]
> >> The 3c501 could be removed. You might want to investigate whether the 
> >> Intel 82557/8/9 is supported and by what driver.
> > 
> > Should be the "e100" driver.  According to the source code:
> > 
> >  *      I.   General
> >  *
> >  *      The driver supports Intel(R) 10/100 Mbps PCI Fast Ethernet
> >  *      controller family, which includes the 82557, 82558, 82559,
> >  *      82550, 82551, and 82562 devices.  82558 and greater controllers
> >  *      integrate the Intel 82555 PHY.  The controllers are used in
> >  *      server and client network interface cards, as well as in
> >  *      LAN-On-Motherboard (LOM), CardBus, MiniPCI, and ICHx
> >  *      configurations.  8255x supports a 32-bit linear addressing
> >  *      mode and operates at 33Mhz PCI clock rate.
> > 
> > So verify that the "e100" driver is loaded via "/sbin/lsmod".
> 
> All right, making assurance doubly sure, I logged in using "su - root"
> *and* did cd before /sbin/lsmod.
> 
> I see columns labelled Module, Size, and Used by. "e100" is not mentioned
> in any of them -- and without a Net connection, I have no way to download
> anything. Can I get it off the CDs, as I must have been doing before? 

It should have been installed by default.  Verify that you have the
following file on the system:

	/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/e100.ko

(yes, those are graves or "backticks"--the other character on the "~"
key).  If you do have the file, then (as root via the "su -") try this
command:

	modprobe e100

to force the driver to load.  Then run:

	ifconfig -a

and see if eth0 doesn't magically show up.  If it does, NOW you have a
driver loaded and the NIC is seen.  Add the line:

	alias eth0 e100

to your /etc/modprobe.conf file and you should be good to go.  Configure
the NIC as you wish and "Bob's your Uncle!".

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