Newsgroups:  gmane.linux.debian.user
Date:        Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:48:00 +0100

mike holden <everythingzenned@yahoo.com> writes:

> apt-get -install kernel-image-2.6.8
> and it started to install. scary thing is, it didn't
> ask me any questions reguarding modules I wanted to
> install or anything. But right after I did that I
> rebooted to check the install. Now X won't start (No
> core pointer) error and eth0 is (Device not found)
> when I ifup. any idea why? My NIC (linksys) runs off
> of the tulip driver so it isnt any big NIC card driver

You might have to:

modprobe tulip

if that loads a card driver you can then:

ifup eth0

you could add that to /etc/modules

The 2.6.8 debian kernel is highly modularized so nerally everything *should* be availble as a module. Trouble is, if you were using a compiled in driver before the module won't get loaded automatically.

As for your pointer problem you might have to:

modprobe mousedev

and then see what happens. If it works you could add that to /etc/modules as well.

Nic Ferrier