Help with network modules in SuSE

[Marcel Kunath]

I tried a Realtek once under SuSE and had trouble too. Module was loaded but
device acted dead.

If you use YaST and set up a card there, you first have to specify what module
to use (/etc/conf.modules). Then have an IP and gateway set up for this eth0
card (/etc/rc.config) Both things can be set up with YaST. I don't know how
YaST2 works.

If both things are chosen it should automatically load.
By both things I mean in YaST:
     System Admin
          Integrate Hardware
               Configure Network Device(1)
          Network Configuration(2)

There is also an option for *activating* (different from configuring) a device.

mk

  > I was helping a friend of a friend setup SuSE (6.3)  on their computer,
> and it
> has a Realtek 8139 card.  we went into YaST and told it he have such a
> card as eth0, exited, and it put the right stuff in /etc/modules.conf but
> as far as I can tell never attempts to insmod it at boot.  I would think
> it should take the last step and do this, no?!  What I did was plop
> "insmod rtl8139.o" in /sbin/init.d/boot.local or something and it now
> works as I would expect it to but if they think YaST makes networking easy
> they are a little confused..  Anyone know if it should have done this for
> me, or not?
>
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