[vortex] 3com 3c920 network card problem

[Donald Becker]

On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, jonathan wrote:
> > On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, jonathan wrote:
> >
> >> My machine is a DELL OptiPlex GX260 which has a 3Com 3C920 Integrated
> >> Fast Ethernet Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible) network card, im
> >> installing Linux RedHat 7.3 (kernel 2.4.18-3) and i installed too the
> >> 3c90x module.
> >
> > Err, may I ask why you downloaded the driver from 3Com ? Wasn't the
> > 3c59x  driver supplied by RedHat able to detect and function with your
> > card ?
> 
> because the 3c59x module don't detect my card, i can't load the module

The 3c59x module can detect all known 3Com Fast Ethernet cards
(non-crypto).

Verify that you have the card installed with 'cat /proc/pci' and 'lspci -v'.

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