This is probably a dumb question, but where would I set that? I looked in my
BIOS, but no luck, and I can't find it in any /etc/sysconfig/ files. I'm not
sure where else to look...
On Friday, September 22, 2000 Jeff Hogg wrote:
#
# I'm not an expert here, but... I noticed that you have irq
# 10 set aside for
# use on the ISA bus. I see that the NIC is set to use that
# irq. I took the
# liberty of marking the parts I read, as you have a lot here
# to read. Is
# the NIC an ISA card? If not, it might be unable to grab the
# interrupt and
# that would keep it failing. You've also asked about adding
# your card to
# conf.modules. It can't hurt :) Hope this helps.
#
# Jeff Hogg
#
# -----Original Message-----
# From: Rachel Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# Date: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:21 AM
# Subject: Still having a NIC problem
#
#
# >I haven't received any replies to my request for assistance,
# so I tried
# >taking the NIC out, waving a dead chicken over it, and
# clicking my heels
# >together three times while chanting "There's no OS like
# Linux", but it just
# >locked my computer... Should I maybe have tried a live chicken?
# >
# >I'm a newbie, so ANY advise on this problem is VERY VERY much
# appreciated...
# >
# ># System:
# ># Laptop: Sony PCG-SR7K
# ># Network card: D-Link DFE-650
# ># Linux kernel version: 2.2.16-3
# ># Redhat version: 6.2
# >#
# >#
# ># What I've tried:
# ># --I 'think' I have the latest version of cardservices running
# ># - version
# ># 3.1.8. I found in the Hardware Compatibility How-to that
# ># pcnet_cs.o supports
# ># the DFE-650 card.
# ># --'cat /proc/ioports' shows pcnet_cs at 0300-031f
# ># --'cat /proc/interrupts' does not list eth0 anywhere.
# ># --Modified /etc/pcmcia/config.opts to exlcude irqs 5,9
# ># (already excluded
# ># 3,4,7,12)
# ># --Modified /etc/pcmcia/config to remove irq 7 from the list
# ># of irqs for
# ># pcnet_cs
# ># --I recently turned PnP off in the BIOS to get my sound card
# ># working. It
# ># doesn't seem to have had any effect on the network card.
# ># --It was detecting the card as a KTI ETHER-C16 Fast ethernet.
# ># I commented
# ># out this option in /etc/pcmcia/config and it started
# detecting it as a
# ># DFE-650, but no other improvements.
#
#
# ># --I don't have anything in my /etc/conf.modules file about my
# ># ethernet card.
# ># Should I?
# ># --The network dongle (you know, the adapter thingie that
# ># connects the card
# ># to the network cable) has three lights on it (10/100,
# ># Half/Full, Ln/Act).
# ># When I plug into a 10 Mb hub, the appropriate lights come on
# ># (still doesn't
# ># work), but when I plug into a 100 Mb hub, they all just
# flash. Is it
# ># possible that it is failing because it can't detect whether
# ># the card is 10
# ># or 100?
# ># --I don't think protocol is my problem, but I noticed in the
# ># course of my
# ># travels that there's an IPv6, and I appear to have IPv4.
# ># Should I get the
# ># newer version?
# >#
# >#
# ># 'ifconfig' only shows the local loopback, but 'ifconfig
# eth0' shows:
# ># eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:73:89:A7
# ># BROADCAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
# ># RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
# ># TX packets:0 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
# ># collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
# ># Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300
# <----------------------------------****The IRQ of the NIC****
# >#
#
# >#
# ># rc.sysinit: Setting hostname brynhild succeeded
# >#
# ># more other stuff...
# >#
# ># network: Setting network parameters succeeded
# ># network: Bringing up interface lo succeeded
# ># ifup: Delaying eth0 initialization.
# ># network: Bringing up interface eth0 failed
# >#
# ># more other stuff...
# >#
# ># pcmcia: Starting PCMCIA services:
# ># pcmcia: modules
# ># kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.8
# ># kernel: kernel build: 2.2.16-3 #1 Mon Jun 19 19:11:44 EDT 2000
# ># kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
# ># kernel: Intel PCIC probe:
# ># kernel: Ricoh RL5C475 PCI-to-CardBus at bus 0 slot 12, mem
# ># 0x68000000, 1
# ># socket
# ># kernel: host opts [0]: [isa irq] [io 3/6/1] [mem 3/6/1]
# ># [no pci irq]
# ># [lat 168/176] [bus 32/34]
# ># kernel: ISA irqs (default) = 3,4,5,7,10,11,12,15 polling
# <---------------------*****The ISA set of IRQ's*****
# ># interval = 1000
# ># ms
# ># pcmcia: cardmgr.
# ># rc: Starting pcmcia succeeded
# ># cardmgr[479]: starting, version is 3.1.8
# ># inetd: inetd startup succeeded
# ># cardmgr[479]: watching 1 sockets
# ># kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: excluding 0x1040-0x104f
# ># kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding
# ># 0x170-0x177 0x330-0x337
# ># 0x370-0x377 0x4d0-0x4d7
# ># kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
# ># cardmgr[479]: initializing socket 0
# ># kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
# ># cardmgr[479]: socket 0: D-Link DFE-650 Ethernet
# ># cardmgr[479]: executing: 'insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/8390.o'
# ># cardmgr[479]: executing: 'insmod
# ># /lib/modules/2.2.16-3/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.o
# ># irq_list=10'
# ># kernel: eth0: NE2000 Compatible: io 0x300, irq 10, hw_addr
# ># 00:50:BA:73:89:A7
# ># cardmgr[479]: executing: './network start eth0'
# >#
# ># more other stuff...
# >#
# ># kernel: eth0: trigger_send() called with the transmitter busy.
# ># kernel: eth0: found link beat
# ># kernel: eth0: lost link beat
# ># kernel: eth0: trigger_send() called with the transmitter busy.
# <--------****Possible results of above*****
# ># cardmgr[479]: + Determining IP information for eth0...
# ># Operation failed.
# ># cardmgr[479]: + failed.
# ># cardmgr[479]: start cmd exited with status 1
# >#
#
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