Re: assistance requested

["Zachary Florian" <zflorian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:) :) :) i kinda know how to recompile the kernel, but yeah, i'm currently
going through the RHupgrade from the BSWare 6.1 cd i have... it has newer
files than that RH6.1 cd i have...


> What kernel version are you using right now?
>
> The latest is 2.2.16, I believe...
>
> The safest way to upgrade the kernel is to do a RedHat upgrade (kind of
> like a reinstall).  I tried to upgrade just the kernel RPMs once and
> everything broke.  You're probably not up to compiling your own kernel
> yet.
>
> good luck
>
> Zachary Florian wrote:
> >
> > i do have the BSWare6.1 #13.1 cd which i'd imagine is a newer kernel...
do i
> > upgrade with that cd then? (btw that computer doesn't yet have access
> > online) and i do have the disk with the tulip.c file... and for some
reason
> > my accounts keep getting dropped from the mailing list for "generating
an
> > excessive amount of bounced mails" and i'm sure it's something here with
my
> > computer, but i haven't a clue as to what or how to fix it...
> >
> > > > ok lsmod shows me having no modules loaded...
> > > > and the last line of demsg says "Unknown Tulip-style PCI ethernet
chip
> > > type
> > > > 11ad c115 detected; not configured. " and so i don't know what to do
> > > now...
> > > > and the Linksys website isn't horridly helpful... has one
> > > "troubleshooting"
> > > > aspect to the card working with linux...
> > >
> > > Aha!  Ready to learn how to upgrade the kernel?  You have a "new"
> > > style Tulip chip, so you need a newer driver.  There is a .c you can
> > > put in your current kernel source tree and rebuild the modules,  but
> > > I'd recommend moving up anyway.  The most recent kernels recognize
> > > either new/old tulips without any fuss.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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>
> Wesley Leonard
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>
> http://www.pacdemon.org
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