[GRLUG] Hardware changes

[Bob Kline]

  lsmod shows a 3c59x card in the "after"
  output,  as expected.


 When I run the "configure your system"
 package,  there is an option at one point
  along the lines  "run at bootup,"  but the
 point here is that it seems to have no
 effect.

    -Bob


On 7/13/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does the configuration process involve loading driver modules?
> Compare a before and after lsmod.
>
> On 7/13/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > udev.  I see a directory called
> > "network-scripts,"  and in there
> > are ifcfg-eth0  and ifcfg-eth1.
> >
> > In both scripts I see "ONBOOT=yes,"
> > which is suggestive,  but not what's
> > happening.  The boot output shows
> > "FAILED" when it comes to the
> > Ethernet devices.
> >
> > Using the "configure your system"
> > feature,  hardware is detected,  and
> > then configured.  i.e.,  it works after
> > I do all this.  So there is something
> > not being done in the boot process.
> >
> >     -Bob
> >
> >
> > On 7/13/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Are you running HAL or udev?  Both can run scripts when they detect hardware.
> > >
> > > On 7/13/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > The scenario is that I set up Linux
> > > > on one machine,  and later move the hard
> > > > drive to another,  with a different set
> > > > of hardware.  Mostly this worked just
> > > > fine.  A tweak here and there.
> > > >
> > > > The one snag has been the Ethernet
> > > > ports.  Each time I boot up I have to
> > > > go through the same routine of running
> > > > a config script to set one of them up
> > > > again.
> > > >
> > > > How do I get the appropriate files updated
> > > > now,  as they would be during a first install,
> > > > so the configuration is there again the
> > > > next time I boot,  and the Ethernet ports
> > > > function?
> > > >
> > > >   -Bob
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