insmod errors

i have slackware 9 installed and a working realtek nic which uses the 8139too driver.
however, on boot up i get a load of errors from insmod, its seems to be trying all the 8139XX drivers or something.
here is an eg of the error:

8139cp: 10/100 pci ethernet driver v0.30
insmod 8139cp failed
insmod:/lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/net/8139cp.o.gz:init_module: no such device
hint:insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters including invalid IO or IRQ parameters

there are a few 8139 drivers, (the one i want is 8139too) and these errors list every 8139xx driver apart from the one i want, this leads me to believe that it goes through all of them until it finds one that works.

what have i done wrong ?

cheers

Besides the 8139cp module failure, is the correct module (8139too) being loaded correctly?

lsmod (list loaded modules to check)

If not, you could try adding

alias eth0 8130too

to /etc/modules.conf and then run

depmod -ae

(both as root)

yes it gets loaded and the card works fine.
i think it may be something to do with hotplugging, is there any way i can tell hottpluging thing not to look for the nic?

Have a look at /etc/hotplug/blacklist of which mine contains

Quote:

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#
# Listing a module here prevents the hotplug scripts from loading it.
# Usually that'd be so that some other driver will bind it instead,
# no matter which driver happens to get probed first. Sometimes user
# mode tools can also control driver binding.
#
# Syntax: driver name alone (without any spaces) on a line. Other
# lines are ignored.
#

# uhci ... usb-uhci handles the same pci class
usb-uhci

# tulip ... de4x5, xircom_tulip_cb, dmfe (...) handle same devices
de4x5
# At least 2.4.3 and later xircom_tulip doesn't have that conflict
# xircom_tulip_cb
dmfe

# Modules for sound devices will be loaded by the alsasound script in
# /etc/hotplug/usb/. They should not be loaded before rcalsasound has started.
audio
snd-usb-audio

# 8139cp.o is listed only once in modules.pcimap. And for exactly this device
# there is also an entry with 8139too. I have one bugreport that 8139cp does
# not work for this card, therefore i add it to the blacklist.
8139cp

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