Configuration of a SiS 900 network card with YaST2 fails

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions 7.0 to 7.1
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Symptom:

You have configured a 'SiS 900' network card/ NIC with YaST2 (often also anboard, e.g. in Gericom WebBoy notebooks).

With the command 'lspci -v' you get an output like:
00:01.1 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 Ethernet (rev 80)
        Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 Ethernet Adapter
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 9
        I/O ports at d000
        Memory at ffdc0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Expansion ROM at ffda0000 [disabled]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 1 
The card is recognized by YaST2, but there is a wrong entry made in the /etc/modules.conf:
# Yast2: Network card
alias eth0 rtl8139
instead of 'sis900' and therefore the network card doesn't work.

Cause:

A wrong entry in the component database.

Solution:

Correct the wrong entry in the /etc/modules.conf:
# YaST2: Network card
alias eth0 sis900

Keywords: YAST2, SIS900, NETWORK, NIC, GERICOM, WEBBOY, NOTEBOOK

Categories: Network

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