D-Link network card doesn't work

[met7]

Motherboard network interface died so I installed a D-Link DFE-530TX+ card.
Using Ubuntu 10.10, card was detected but incorrect driver loaded. Ubuntu
loaded Via-Rhine driver. However, the board uses the Realtek 8139 chip,
so I think it should have loaded the 8139too.ko module. How do I get
Ubuntu to load a different module than the one it automatically selected?
Linux kernel is 2.6.38.

[ehawk]

It seems to me from reading this it should be autodetected and work without doing anything:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupp...workCardsDlink

You are correct, the driver should be RTL-8139C.

According to this thread,

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1397123

You can load the correct driver using

$ sudo modprobe rtl8139too

About halfway down this page

http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/sh...ct=136&cat=133

You will see someone complain that has has three of the same card, and each one has a different chipset (including both the realtek and rhine drivers you mention)

He also mentions that he had to turn off Plug and Play in the BIOS to get them to work.

On this page,

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1397123

note about 6/7 of the way down a comment indicating that new NIC's are automatically recognized but not activated by default. Commands are given to activate it.

See if this info helps.

[met7]

Thanks for your suggestions. We've got it going now.