[lug] Re: [NCLUG] ds: no socket drivers loaded!

[Kevin Fenzi]

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>>>>> "Christopher" == Christopher Keist <cjay at engr.colostate.edu> writes:

Christopher> I hope someone can respond quickly, because in 5 seconds
Christopher> I'm going to be tossing my PC out the window!!!!!!

:(

If anyones around on the irc channels, they might be a better place
for a quicker response. irc.community.tummy.com channel #colug. 

Christopher> Anyway, I had a perfectly happy PC running RH7.3, until I
Christopher> decided to see if I could get the modem to work on it.  I
Christopher> looked at what type of modem I had (Rockwell
Christopher> International HCF 56K data/fax modem) and saw that I
Christopher> needed to down load drivers for it.  I did and loaded the
Christopher> drivers, then rebooted the system.  When the system came
Christopher> back up the network card was no longer working, and
Christopher> checking dmesg I saw the ds: no socket drivers loaded!.

The Halt and Catch Fire modem is a winmodem. Do they have linux
drivers for it now? amazing. ;) 

Christopher> Well, I then removed the modem drivers "rpm -e" and
Christopher> rebooted again.  Still no working network card, I tried
Christopher> booting to my backup kernel, still no luck.

Christopher> I have run "redhat-config-network" and redefined my
Christopher> network card, and still I get that accursed ds: no socket
Christopher> drivers loaded!.

Christopher> Does anyone have any ideas on this????

Check your /etc/modules.conf to make sure the HCF install didn't put
something in there it shouldn't. You should have a 
'alias eth0 <something>' 

You might also try cold booting. Sometimes things can linger around
thru a warm boot. (ie, turn the machine totally off, wait a few
seconds and power it back up). 

Christopher> Thanks...

kevin

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