ethernet configuration

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i amtrying to setup a linux machine on my inspiron 1200. Everything seemed straightforward until it came to configuring the ethernet connection. just does not seem to work. problem :does not activate the eth0. current state of the system - OS : Red Hat Fedora core 10 1. on system settings > network, under hardware tab it shows hardware as 3com 3c501 2. on adding an ethernetconnection using this card, it adds; but on clicking on activate gives the following error message : '3c501 device eth0 does not seem to be present' dmesg | grep eth ----------------- has given the following output. (pardon .. have to type in what i see ) - divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device eth0 - divert: no divert_blk to free, eth0 not ethernet lspci -------- has the following relevant output : 02.08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. :unkknown device 1068(rev 03) cat /etc/modules.conf ---------------------- has the following relevant out put -alias eth0 3c501 and btw, i have scoured the net for any likely solutions, but nothing seems to work any suggestions ? thanks in advance

slackaddict · Answer

Just some ideas:  have you tried another distro to see if it's Fedora or your laptop?  do you have an Intel wireless card?  if so, can you disable the card?

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