[NCLUG] Oracle system help

[Steve Roths]

OK, I did have an i/o setting in /etc/config.modules and used emacs to
delete it.

then changed the 'alias' 3c59x' back to 'ne2k-pci' and left the irq=5 in the
options line.

Shutdown and reinstalled the ne2k card and got an IRQ error, so I took that
out of config.modules, too.

tried lsmod and ne2k wasn't there, so I tried insmod ne2k-pci
got a whole string of errors about missing parameter

thought maybe the module probe on bootup would get past this so rebooted

now, no modules load and I get a conf:4:missing module argument statement
couldn't insmod nfs either

Am I somehow really hosing this system?

Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Fassler <fassler at monkeysoft.net>
To: <nclug at nclug.org>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [NCLUG] Oracle system help


> On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 10:31:46AM -0700, Steve Roths wrote:
>
> > could not install the module with modprobe - error was 'invalid
parameter
> > io'
>
> Well, this is your basic problem right here.  I'm not sure what might be
> causing this...  Basically, what's happening is when the driver loads,
> something is giving it the parameter of "io=0xNNN", but the driver
> doesn't accept this as an argument.  This is sometimes necessary for ISA
> cards (like setting io=0x3f8 for a serial port), but rarely (ever?) do PCI
> cards need this parameter.
>
> is there a line in your /etc/modules.conf like this?
>   "options ne2k-pci io=0xNNN" or "options eth0 io=0xNNN"
>
> if there is, it should NOT be there.  Try just "insmod ne2k-pci" (with
> that card in the system, of course).  See if that gives you a different
> message.
>
>
> Another place to poke around might be
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (again, this is assuming that
> you're using Redhat).  This is the file that actually hold the config for
> the ethernet card.  If you're using the GUI tools, this is the file that
> they're supposed to handle for you.  I don't think this file has your
> problem, but it's Stuff to Know.
>
> --
> Mark Fassler
> fassler at monkeysoft.net
> _______________________________________________
> NCLUG mailing list
> NCLUG at nclug.org
> http://www.nclug.org/mailman/listinfo/nclug
>