networking card not found

[mmcginn]

I have a macine where the Linux 7.2 install refuses to find the network card. The machine runs at a 2.4G clock rate, there is no manufacturers name on the front or rear panel. I suspect HP had a hand in it though as the "HP Excite" logo comes up when the machine boots, but I could find no manufacturers name on the motherboard either.

The machine came with a built in networking adapter. On the first install shot, the Linux install did not find the networking adapter. So I installed a networking card from another machine where we had installed Linux, thinking that ssince it found it in the other machine it would find it in this one ---- WRONG!. It stilll does not find the adapter.

I have been a Unix programmer for fourteen years, but I am out of quarters on this one. Is there some way I can manually tell the machine what network card is installed so Linux will find it. Should I give up on this machine and have my boss buy a Dell? I suspect that this motherboard is overclocked --- might that have some bearings on my difficulties???

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[intenz]

And how is this question relative with PHP?

[frymaster]

welll....

first i'd try ifconfig -a to see if it really is there just not "up" (i assume you tried this). second i'd try lsmod to see if the kmod for the card is in fact there.... if not you may be in a rebuilding the kernel with the appropriate mod situation and then trying all the applicable ones with modprobe til the dern thing works...

or just install rh 7.3 and pray that the folks in north carolina got this one before you...