please help this debian user install a NIC

[vhg119]

i have a rtl8139.
i recently switched over from redhat to debian and
in redhat i've always had kudzu install my hardware and then set it up with netcfg.
how do i get this task done in debian?

[H. M. Murdock]

you need to make sure yhour have the driver for the rtl8139 either compiled into your kernel or as a module. If you use it as a module, then you can add the alias eth0 rtl8139 to the correct modules file.

Murdock

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[vhg119]

ok, i added the lines in conf.modules.
now what? how do i activate it?

[fuzzy]

modprobe is your friend, here.
I don't know much about different nics but man modprobe and man insmod may help you.
Also, is your card a pci or an isa?
In any case, you need to know if you compiled the card into your kernel or as a module as Murdock said above.
You had an opportunity to do this during the istall of debian (if you're using pure debian potato from the cd). You can see this part of the install HERE! (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/ch03_01.html#DCH03-PGFID-111074)
Also, read the whole book on Debian right HERE!! (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/index.html).
Hopefully, that will get you started.

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[fuzzy]

Originally posted by vhg119:
ok, i added the lines in conf.modules.
now what? how do i activate it?

You need to update your modules... err!! I can't remember the comand off hand!
Ugh! http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/mad.gif Maybe someone else can remember.
Argh!

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[vhg119]

ok.. the card is a pci.
i'm installing it as a modules.
the module is already in /lib/modules/2.whatever.
so i added the line "alias eth0 rtl8139" in conf.modules. and i modprobe rtl8139?

[fuzzy]

I know there's something like modules_update or , argh!... still can't remember exactly.
Let me think a bit about it.
Sorry.

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