 | | | Problem with wireless card module | Problem with wireless card module 2004-02-12 - By Pete Nesbitt
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On February 11, 2004 08:59 pm, Edward Dekkers wrote:
> NV Karyadarsi wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > I joined the mailing list today and I have a problem.
> > I have Redhat 9 installed on my Intel box. I have
> > installed a wireless network card for my network at
> > home. I also managed to get the driver for the card
> > (it is a file with *.o extension). The driver is
> > presently in my home directory. However during kernel
> > boot, it fails to start the ETH1 which corresponds to
> > the wireless card. I realize that the module should be
> > included at the boot time in order for it to recognize
> > the network card.
> >
> > Can someone tell me how I should proceed with this? My
> > requirement is that I should be able to let it
> > recognize the network card and not do it myself
> > everytime (I use insmod command). And also, should the
> > module be placed in any of the system folders like
> > /etc?
> >
> > Please advise!
>
> you need to put the line:
>
> alias eth0 <name of your module >
>
> in your /etc/modules.conf
>
> where to store the module I 'm not sure. Maybe somewhere in /lib/modules,
> but someone else better jump in here.
>
> Regards,
> Ed.
The module should go into:
/lib/modules/ <kernel_version >/kernel/drivers/net/
so if your kernel is named (in /boot) "vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.custom ",
then the dir is:
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.custom/kernel/drivers/net/
oh, and I think Ed meant 'eth1 '
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Pete Nesbitt, rhce
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