Re: 3c90x drive

2003-01-12 Thread Art Edwards
pci-scan is in the net portion of the installation. Look down the list of ethernet drivers and you should see it. I have been using it purely pragmatically as it was required from linksys and from some of the scyld drivers. Art On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 05:42:17PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue,

Re: 3c90x drive

2003-01-09 Thread nate
Ron Johnson said: > On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 13:50, nate wrote: >> Stephen Gran said: >> >> > It's a kernel module. Definitely in the later 2.2 series, don't >> rememebr if it's also in 2.4 >> >> I think it's only included with donald becker's drivers(not with the >> official kernel). I think he uses

Re: 3c90x drive

2003-01-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 11:51, user list wrote: > We have recently had similar behavior. However, we found that even > though the we received installation failed messages, it actually worked. > During the device driver configuration step, are you also installoing > pci-scan? When I did this on a rece

Re: 3c90x drive

2003-01-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 13:50, nate wrote: > Stephen Gran said: > > > It's a kernel module. Definitely in the later 2.2 series, don't rememebr > > if it's also in 2.4 > > I think it's only included with donald becker's drivers(not with the official > kernel). I think he uses it to improve code port

Re: 3c90x drive

2003-01-09 Thread nate
Stephen Gran said: > It's a kernel module. Definitely in the later 2.2 series, don't rememebr > if it's also in 2.4 I think it's only included with donald becker's drivers(not with the official kernel). I think he uses it to improve code portability between 2.0, 2.2 and 2.4 kernels. donald's dri

Re: 3c90x drive

2003-01-09 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Ron Johnson said: > On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 11:51, user list wrote: > > We have recently had similar behavior. However, we found that even > > though the we received installation failed messages, it actually worked. > > During the device driver configuration step, are you

Re: 3c90x drive

2003-01-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 11:51, user list wrote: > We have recently had similar behavior. However, we found that even > though the we received installation failed messages, it actually worked. > During the device driver configuration step, are you also installoing > pci-scan? When I did this on a rece

Re: 3c90x drive

2003-01-07 Thread user list
We have recently had similar behavior. However, we found that even though the we received installation failed messages, it actually worked. During the device driver configuration step, are you also installoing pci-scan? When I did this on a recent install, the apparent failure vanished. Art Edward

Re: 3c90x drive

2003-01-07 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 12:57:30PM -0200, Ariane Machado Lima wrote: > > Hello, > > I have installed the Debian 3.0, which hasn't recognized my NIC > 3c905c-TX. Then I download the 3c90x drive, but I am suffering with a > lot of compilation errors. Has somebody tried do that? Has so

Re: 3c90x drive

2003-01-07 Thread Scott Henson
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 09:57, Ariane Machado Lima wrote: > Hello, > > I have installed the Debian 3.0, which hasn't recognized my NIC > 3c905c-TX. Then I download the 3c90x drive, but I am suffering with a > lot of compilation errors. Has somebody tried do that? Has somebody some >

Re: 3c90x drive

2003-01-07 Thread Donald Spoon
Ariane Machado Lima wrote: Hello, I have installed the Debian 3.0, which hasn't recognized my NIC 3c905c-TX. Then I download the 3c90x drive, but I am suffering with a lot of compilation errors. Has somebody tried do that? Has somebody some idea about my problem? Thank's Ari

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-08-08 Thread Peter S Galbraith
"F.P. Groeneveld" wrote: > Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > : # /etc/init.d/network > : SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device > : SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable > > I _think_ this is just the new networking code in the newer kernel. Old > syntax ifconfig/routing commands generate thes

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-08-08 Thread Peter S Galbraith
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > Galbra >So I decided to try the 3c90x driver from 3Com, but it doesn't > Galbra >work for me. I compiled a module and get this when I load it: > > i always have statically compiled the driver into my kernel i dont kn

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-08-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote: Galbra >So I decided to try the 3c90x driver from 3Com, but it doesn't Galbra >work for me. I compiled a module and get this when I load it: i always have statically compiled the driver into my kernel i dont know if that makes a difference, what kind

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-08-08 Thread F.P. Groeneveld
Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : # /etc/init.d/network : SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device : SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable I _think_ this is just the new networking code in the newer kernel. Old syntax ifconfig/routing commands generate these, I seem to recall. Anypne? Cheers, D

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-08-08 Thread Peter S Galbraith
The 3c59x module works for me, but I keep getting errors like this logged: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 82 So I decided to try the 3c90x driver from 3Com, but it doesn't work for me. I compiled a module and get this when I load it: # insmod 3c90x Using /lib/modules/2.2.15/net/3c90

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-08-02 Thread Nate Duehr
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 02:06:52PM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 82. > > Anything to worry about? We were seeing this on a RedHat 6.2 machine with an Intel EEPro100 here at work the other day. Changed out the cable and it stopped doing it. (And meas

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-08-02 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Thanks guys... "W. Paul Mills" wrote: > Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > : I got the 3Com 3C905C-TXM last week in > : a new Dell computer. > > :> The 3c59x module that comes with the standard kernel did not do > :> 100mbit/s full duplex connections f

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-08-02 Thread W. Paul Mills
Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : "Christian Pernegger" wrote: :> I'm running a box with a 3Com 3C905C-TXM, at the moment with :> potato-testcycle-3 and kernel version 2.2.15. : Same here, more or less. I got the 3Com 3C905C-TXM last week in : a new Dell computer. :> The 3c59x m

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-08-01 Thread Peter S Galbraith
"Christian Pernegger" wrote: > I'm running a box with a 3Com 3C905C-TXM, at the moment with > potato-testcycle-3 and kernel version 2.2.15. Same here, more or less. I got the 3Com 3C905C-TXM last week in a new Dell computer. > The 3c59x module that comes with the standard kernel did not do >

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-08-01 Thread Morten Liebach
On 1, aug, 2000 at 07:39:07 -0600, Gary Hennigan wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > [1 ] > > Gary Hennigan wrote: > [snip] > > > Also, you should seriously consider looking at the kernel-package > > > package, in particular look at the make-kpkg utility. It makes using > > > custom-compile

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-08-01 Thread Gary Hennigan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > [1 ] > Gary Hennigan wrote: [snip] > > Also, you should seriously consider looking at the kernel-package > > package, in particular look at the make-kpkg utility. It makes using > > custom-compiled kernels in Debian MUCH easier to deal with. > > > > To use it you just

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-08-01 Thread jbardin
Gary Hennigan wrote: > "Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "Raphael Crawford-Marks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ok so I patched the kernel successfully and went through make config and > > > make dep just fine. > > > > > > when I do make bzImage (also tried zImage, zdisk, and bzd

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-07-31 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Raphael Crawford-Marks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ok so I patched the kernel successfully and went through make config and > > make dep just fine. > > > > when I do make bzImage (also tried zImage, zdisk, and bzdisk) everything > > works fine un

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-07-31 Thread Robert Waldner
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:16:58 PDT, "Raphael Crawford-Marks" writes: >as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s >make[1]: as86: Command not found you´ll need the bin86-package >I've never heard of as86...couldn't find any packages by that name either. finding packages by filename is easiest via http:/

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-07-31 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Raphael Crawford-Marks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ok so I patched the kernel successfully and went through make config and > make dep just fine. > > when I do make bzImage (also tried zImage, zdisk, and bzdisk) everything > works fine until it gets to the very end: > > as86 -0 -a -o bootsect

RE: 3c90x woes

2000-07-31 Thread Raphael Crawford-Marks
debian.org Subject: RE: 3c90x woes Importance: Low I'm running a box with a 3Com 3C905C-TXM, at the moment with potato-testcycle-3 and kernel version 2.2.15. The 3c59x module that comes with the standard kernel did not do 100mbit/s full duplex connections for me. 3Coms own 3c90x module does, so

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-07-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3c905Cs require updated drivers if your REALLY LUCKY you can get the default kernel driver to work although it most likely will say *** INVALID CHECKSUM *** best to get the drivers from www.3com.com (my reccomendation) the detection logged by the kernel is as follows: 3Com 3c90x Version 1.0.0d 1

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-07-27 Thread Christoph Simon
> Hmm. Well that didn't work for me. I wish it did...I don't care if I only > get 10 Mb/s. But everytime I tried the 3c59x Vortex driver the system would > crash and I'd have to do a hard reboot. Did you use any special options to > make it work? Nope, and I didn't compile as a module. Here is

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-07-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
what i do: download the kernel source from ftp.kernel.org download the 3com driver from www.3com.com inside the 3com driver is a kernel patch , i believe its called path-2.2.5 or something, it works fine up to 2.2.16(what im using). patch the kernel by copying the file to the source tree (usuall

RE: 3c90x woes

2000-07-27 Thread Raphael Crawford-Marks
Christoph Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 4:15 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: 3c90x woes > I've installed Potato on a machine with a 3c905c-TXM PCI card. I tried to > get it to work with the 3c59x module, to no avail. [...] I'm using the

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-07-27 Thread Christoph Simon
> I've installed Potato on a machine with a 3c905c-TXM PCI card. I tried to > get it to work with the 3c59x module, to no avail. [...] I'm using the Vortex driver from the standard kernel compilation menu, and it seems to be working nicely; on the other hand, the rest of the net is 10Mb/s, so I c

RE: 3c90x woes

2000-07-27 Thread Christian Pernegger
I'm running a box with a 3Com 3C905C-TXM, at the moment with potato-testcycle-3 and kernel version 2.2.15. The 3c59x module that comes with the standard kernel did not do 100mbit/s full duplex connections for me. 3Coms own 3c90x module does, so I believe it to be better :) Of the ways described i

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-07-27 Thread jbardin
Raphael Crawford-Marks wrote: > I've installed Potato on a machine with a 3c905c-TXM PCI card. I tried to > get it to work with the 3c59x module, to no avail. Downloaded 3com's 3c90x > driver from their site, but couldn't figure out what to do with it (their > readme said to run install3c90x, a

Re: 3C90X

1998-03-18 Thread Nathan C. Burnett
The Linux kernel already has support for this card, use the 3c590/3c900 series driver. Nate On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Veselin Tabakov wrote: > Hi, > I have new 3C90X network adapter but I haven't drivers for this card. > I'm try to write module for this card but this is a very stupid > idea. > If an

Re: 3C90X

1998-03-18 Thread Ossama Othman
The 3C59X driver supports _both_ the 3COM Vortex cards and the Boomerang cards which is your 3c90x. It also happens to be the one I have. :) You can get the latest driver from: http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ Have fun. -Ossama ___

RE: 3C90X

1998-03-18 Thread TBaetzle
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have new 3C90X network adapter but I haven't drivers for this card. > Use the 3c59x ("Vortex") driver - it works fine. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]