Does Ubuntu Detect New Hardware?


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Got it. I have this 3COM 3c905c nic card that Edgy currently isn't loading. Meaning Edgy doesn't have the driver for it. And I've been failing at every attempt to compile the driver that 3COM provides. So I got this new NIC to see if Ubuntu 6.10 will use it. Normally I think it's dumb to buy a new NIC card to make an OS work use it, but I've got a Windows machine that needs a NIC so I had to get a new one anyway.

By the way, if you make a new post at Ubuntu's forums, it gets buried sooooooo fast. I've posted there a couple of times trying to get help for compiling and the post just gets buried within a day. Just something to keep in mind in case you post over there. Everyone over there is pretty helpful, but there are too many people who need help and not enough experts to go around.

I use mostly 3COM 3C905Bs (I think it ends in B) at work, and they are recognized in Edgy. I don't see why the Cs wouldn't be. They are installed from beginning though. Did you go into the networking module to see if it was enabled? (I'm not sure which one, but I can look tomorrow when I get there.)

  farmeunit said:
I use mostly 3COM 3C905Bs (I think it ends in B) at work, and they are recognized in Edgy. I don't see why the Cs wouldn't be. They are installed from beginning though. Did you go into the networking module to see if it was enabled? (I'm not sure which one, but I can look tomorrow when I get there.)

Yep, the only thing listed in the Network Manager is a Modem.

Also, the LiveCD of Edgy didn't load the driver either so I knew from the beginning that I would have to make it work. But I didn't realize it would be this difficult.

Usually if your kernel has the needed driver, udev will automatically detect the piece of hardware at boot and load the appropriate driver. The only thing you manually need to configure is the network interface (whether you want it to be a dynamic or static IP, etc..)

On my ArchLinux machine for example, udev re-detects all hardware at boot. Linux shouldn't need to store information in some config file about your hardware like in windows.

I do have one question though while we card on the topic or NIC cards. Which is a better card Realtek or 3COM?

  matt11601 said:
Got it. I have this 3COM 3c905c nic card that Edgy currently isn't loading. Meaning Edgy doesn't have the driver for it. And I've been failing at every attempt to compile the driver that 3COM provides. So I got this new NIC to see if Ubuntu 6.10 will use it. Normally I think it's dumb to buy a new NIC card to make an OS work use it, but I've got a Windows machine that needs a NIC so I had to get a new one anyway.

By the way, if you make a new post at Ubuntu's forums, it gets buried sooooooo fast. I've posted there a couple of times trying to get help for compiling and the post just gets buried within a day. Just something to keep in mind in case you post over there. Everyone over there is pretty helpful, but there are too many people who need help and not enough experts to go around.

That's why they have the option to subscribe to a thread. So you can keep track of it. Very simple and efficient. Has the option to be notified immediately, daily, weekly or never. Even with it set to never, it still shows up in your controls, with an easy link to your question.

  cork1958 said:
That's why they have the option to subscribe to a thread. So you can keep track of it. Very simple and efficient. Has the option to be notified immediately, daily, weekly or never. Even with it set to never, it still shows up in your controls, with an easy link to your question.

Yep, I got the subscription. Just like I've subscribed to this thread.

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