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