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Posted: Feb. 12 2006,00:06 QUOTE

I have a PC with a nforce2 based motherboard. After booting DSL 2.2 I note the my network is not activated. After doing a lsmod I noticed that forcedeth was not loaded. When using other versions of Linux (i.e. MEPIS 3.3.1 which is based upon kernel 2.4.29) I have the same issue. However if I issue the command "insmod forcedeth" the module loads fine and my eth0 port is then active. When attempting this same command with DSL 2.2 I receive the following error:

"using /lib/modukes/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/net/forcedeth.o
/lib/modules/2.4.6/kernel/drivers/net/forcedeth.o:init_module: no such device"

Is this kernel difference issue between MEPIS 3.3.1(kernel 2.4.29) vs DSL 2.2 (kernal 2.4.26)?

Thanks for any assistance offered
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Posted: Feb. 13 2006,17:37 QUOTE

Does it work with DSL version 2.1b (newer kernel 2.4.31)?
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Posted: Feb. 14 2006,01:54 QUOTE

Yes it does. Looks like DSL 2.2 went back to an older 2.4.x based kernel...not sure why. Does that mean a different version of forcedeth must be used?
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Posted: Feb. 14 2006,14:14 QUOTE

Use DSL2.1b.
Is there something in 2.2 that you need that's not in 2.1b?


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Posted: Feb. 15 2006,01:04 QUOTE

not really....are ther major differences between 2.1b and 2.2?

Also can anyone tell me why the kernal was changed from 2.4.31 to an older version?Thanks.
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