questions

[Scott Howell]

>
> lets see if this msg gets out now.
>
> >
> > Well geez, where to start. Not sure where things went wrong or how, but
> they
> > are pretty screwed up.
> > So, first problem I noticed is I lost the nic, yeah, gone no telnet
etc.,
> > but it had been working.
> > So, tried modprobe via-rhine and got an error that stated in short that
> the
> > via-rhine module was a kernel version missmatch.
> > So, I tried all kinds of stuff from recompiling the kernel to blowing
the
> > whole tree away and starting with a new fresh tree with no luck. Now I
> even
> > tried renaming the module directory and no luck there.
> >
> > So, next problem is the alsa drivers are not loading either, but they
did
> > compile fine.
> >
> > Now the questions I have is this, what could I do about the via-rhine
> > module. Doesn't these modules get created when you run make modules and
> > modules_install? What would cause the sound card modules to not load
when
> I
> > hadn't changed anything at all.
> >
> > Lastly I put together a router and was intending to use this with the
dsl
> > connection, but in the mean time until hellatlantic gets out and
corrects
> > the loop problem I wanted to still dial out on the current box until I
get
> > the modem connected to the router and dialup setup as a backup to the
dsl
> > connection.
> > In any case when I dial out now fetchmail complains about a temporary
name
> > server which I thought I had fixed.
> > So, I tried route add default ppp0 and that didn't help either.
> >
> > Yeah, several problems, but seems that they all happend at once. I
haven't
> > any clue about the modules being I only compiled the kernel once to just
> fix
> > one item and changed nothing else.
> >
> > I doubt all these issues are tied together, but they all happend about
the
> > same time. I hadn't made any changes other than running netconfig to
setup
> > the address on my box and I really can't see how that would have broken
my
> > kernel, but then nor recompiling the kernel should have caused all these
> > problems.
> > So, anyone got any ideas as to where I should start looking with respect
> to
> > either issue, please let me know. I can't get speakfreely to run either
so
> > this all ties into the networking problem.
> > Of course will fix one problem at a time, but like to get enough info to
> > have on hand in order to attack both problems.
> >
> > tnx
> >
> >
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