nic-3c59x

[Vram]

On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 18:08 +0000, TreeBoy wrote:
> On Monday 07 Nov 2005 10:33, Vram wrote:
> > HI
> >
> > I am running  Breezy  2.6.12-9-k7-smp
> >
> >
> >
> > My NIC card is 3c59x Vortex
> >
> > The kernel will not load it...
> >
> > Modules that try to load. are
> >
> > 3c59x not used
> >
> > mii.  which is used by 3c59x...  <which is not used>
> >
> > I can't do an insmod 3c59x..Complains.. No such device..
> >
> > The problem is.. for some reason the card has no MAC address..
> >
> > Earlier kernels just complained and I could change the MAC address and
> > then bring the card up..
> >
> >
> > This kernel will not let me do that...
> >
> > How do I get around this??
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Vram
> 
> I have the same NIC in my Thinkpad T20 and I have to remember to turn off ACPI 
> with some distros. It seems to be incompatible with all but APM on more 
> recent kernels.
> 
> Cheers,
> 

Thanks for the hit..

This is on my desk top machine..

Thanks Again

Vram