[CLUG] eth0 not present

[Adam Lock]

Dermot Canniffe wrote:
> 
> My laptop (Dell Platitude Cpt ) on which I had a previous fully functional
> Debian testing distro of linux got a few packages screweed up so I
> re-installed with Debian Stable. I have a 3com Megahertz pcmcia lan/modem. I
> installed all the right modules for the 3c575 (and cb_enabler and all the others)
> and they modprobed okay...and do so everytime I boot.
> The only problem is that when  try using ifconfig eth0 <blah> up it says there
> is no such device as eth0
> 
> any ideas?
> 

Perhaps an update of the PCMCIA card services might help:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcmcia-cs/

I have a Xircom RealPort modem/ethernet card and and I had to update
with this stuff to make it work correctly. Could be the same for you.

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Adam Lock - locka at iol.ie