Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4208 mails)

["Rahulkrishna Gupta" <ragupta@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As such we do not need to load the driver before starting the network
service. However, if its not working then a little manual work may be
required to get things right. First of all, r u sure that the module you
mentioned is the correct one for your network card. Perhaps u could use
Yast to check that out. If it is the correct driver, then use lsmod to
see whether the driver is loaded or not. If not, then try loading the
driver manually by using insmod bmc5700 (assuming that this is the
correct module for your card) before u start ur network service. Check
again using lsmod. If the above does not work check for error messages
in your /var/log/messages. Hope this helps. -Rahul

>>>Anil V Gangur <Anil.Gangur@xxxxxxxxx> 07/01 2:56 pm >>>
Hi,

/etc/init.d/network start won't load the network driver in SuSE9. Though
I have entries like 'alias eth0 bcm5700' in my /etc/modprobe.conf or
/etc/modprobe.conf.local file, still it doesn't load. What's the way for
this ? Do we really need to load the driver before we start the network.

thanks,
Anil