[ale] Slack 12 NIC problem

[Dow_Hurst]

Do you get ACPI errors on boot with the newer kernel?
Dow


-----Original Message-----
>From: zeb <n4zm at mindspring.com>
>Sent: Oct 13, 2007 12:20 PM
>To: ale at ale.org
>Subject: [ale] Slack 12 NIC problem
>
>Slackware 12.0 seems to have a problem,  It will not recognize add-in pci 
>network cards.  I have 6 such cards.  They all work like a charm under Slack 
>10.2 and 11.2.  Under Slack 12, only one of them will work at  all (and that 
>for no more than 31 pings).
>
>"lsmod" and "lspci" show the cards are recognized and driver modules 
>installed.  "ifconfig" and "route" fail recognize the cards.
>
>"cat  /proc/interrupts" does not show any IRQ conflicts.
>
>I have tried adding  "pci=routeirq" to the kernel command line and dedicating 
>one pci slot to the NIC.
>
>What am I doing wrong?  Any suggestions or recommendations for sources of help 
>will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Zeb
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