On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 11:48:20AM -0500, Amy Tanner wrote: > how can i tell if linux recognizes the nic card? i have a 3c905C-TXM and > in netconf the first adaptor did not have eth0 and 3c90x as defaults as > it usually does. i entered by hand but i still can't bring up eth0 > when i start the network. ideas? thx. `lspci` and `dmesg | grep eth` would be a good start. If it's not mentioned in lspci, the hardware doesn't see it and if it's not in dmesg, the OS missed it.