NIC stops working after kernel upgrade

[woodyak]

I just upgraded my Kernel from 2.2.14 to 2.2.19. Everything seems to work o.k. except my NIC fails on boot up. How do I troubleshoot this?

[optech]

try to provide more information...
what kind of card?
what distro?

did you compile the kernel yourself?
did you make sure to compile support for your NIC?
if so, did you make it a module? and did you make sure to load the module?

(btw, make sure if you're using modules, that you're using the right one, and check to see if it requires any parameters)

[ 14 August 2001: Message edited by: optech ]

[woodyak]

The card is a 3-com using "3c59x". The card works just fine with other kernels. I compiled the kernel myself using the config file from the old kernel rev. I did use modules.

This is the first time I have done any kind of kernel work. I'm surprised it worked as well as it did. Can I fix the NIC w/o having to recompile the kernel?

[bdg1983]

You'll have to redo the kernel again.

Make sure you pay close attention to the Networking and Network Device sections and select the correct module for your 3Com ethernet card.