I have built a new linux box and i have a couple of problems i have not had before.
1. My ethernet adaptor does not show up as an option in the mandrake control panel. I have complied the driver and added it in with the rest in /lib/modules/ it is a 3com 3c2000.o driver. I can add it with the insmod but how do i get mandrake to do it for me at boot.

2. in the can get the speedtouch to connect and when i do an ifconfig i can see it and the looopback. The problem is i cant access any web sites through browsers, the firewall is off. How do i get round this.

Many thanks,

Eska

1. Put a line in /etc/modules.conf like this:
alias eth0 3c2000

2. I'm not sure what a speedtouch is? Maybe a modem? You should check the dialer config and make sure you have DNS numbers set correctly.

can you clarify the second part of your question. can you ping any of the websites. speedtouch is completely dead i take it. have u placed the mgmt.o file the speedtouch directory?

I found this site extremely helpful at getting me online with my BT Voyager, it also has a good section on speedtouch modems.
http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/index.php?lang=en

thanks for answering but i found my main speedtouch problem.

With mandrake 9.2 rc2 you need to add the line

alias speedtch off

to your etc/modules.conf

this fixes the problem,

Thanks again