eth0 not recognized:school system

[Gregory Nowak]

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On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 09:07:33AM -0700, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a linux system here at school at my lab station, and am using a cross over.

Doesn't your school have an I/T department for doing that kind of
stuff, or are they for windows only, or is setting up a gnu/linux
system part of a course you're taking?

> I installed linux and all that,

"All that" isn't informative enough. What distribution?

> but when I use ifconfig, it says that eth0 wasn't recognized.
> I've tried:
> inserting a NIC card in to the pci slot and using that.
> I also tried the onboard card, and it's not recognizing.
> Any ideas on how to get it to recognize? I've never had this problem before.

What does dmesg say, if anything? Does linux have support for the
card(s) you're trying to use, and if so, then is that support
configured into your running kernel, either as modules, or built-in?

Greg


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