YDL 4.0.1 and Blue&WhiteG3

Andrew virgule88 at videotron.ca
Sat Mar 18 12:18:49 MST 2006


On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 11:47 -0600, Brian Turner wrote:
> It installs fine but networking does not work.
> 
> the Gmac card is recognized by the installer but in the network  
> control panel it is listed as disabled. When I click enable is says  
> it can't be found.
> I tried adding a Linksys card I had lying around and it was  
> recognized by kudzu but does not show up in the network control  
> panel. Both of them are listed as being at eth0 in the hardware browser.
> Netstat lists the loopback address and nothing else. I think that  
> means that the IP stack is fine.
> Because I have similar problems with two different cards I think my  
> drivers are OK.
> What could be between the stack and the drivers.
> I am thinking a config file.
> This is one of the early blue and whites that won't do two internal  
> HDs on the default bus. It is completely stock except the CD drive.
> Maybe it needs a firmware update.
> 
> I am using DHCP but can switch to fixed IP's if needed.
> 
> YDL4.0.1 Blue&White G3 400 Mhz AGP Yosemite (I think)

root]# echo "alias eth0 gmac" >> /etc/modprobe.conf 




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