On Tuesday 05 August 2003 2:52 pm, Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Monday 04 August 2003 20:39, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
> > Richard Lyons wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > > Perhaps I should reinitialize the root partition and re-install,
> > > using the 2.4.18-686 kernel -- there is a way to select the
> > > kern
On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 12:19, Richard Lyons wrote:
> Update: Flawless. It installs and boots. A few configurations in
> /etc/hosts and so forth and the networking is alive. I HAVE A
> WORKING DEBIAN! Sorry to shout, but -- well -- it took a while.
>
> A thousand thanks to everyone who helpe
On Monday 04 August 2003 20:39, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
> Richard Lyons wrote:
[...]
> > Perhaps I should reinitialize the root partition and re-install,
> > using the 2.4.18-686 kernel -- there is a way to select the
> > kernel during the install, isn't there?
Actually, it turns out there doesn'
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 16:25, Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 August 2003 14:28, Geoff Thurman wrote:
> [...now irrelevant context snipped...]
>
> > I'm a newbie, and this might in any case be too late to help, but
> > the best instructions for installing Knoppix to hdd are probably
> > tho
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 14:28, Geoff Thurman wrote:
[...now irrelevant context snipped...]
> I'm a newbie, and this might in any case be too late to help, but
> the best instructions for installing Knoppix to hdd are probably
> those on www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/debian-knoppix.html. They made
> se
Richard Lyons wrote:
Hello again.
I have found the configurator that I needed, in theory. It is
modconf. But I cannot install i82368, the errors include 'No such
device' and
'depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/.../8139too.o'
So the compilation was not successful apparently.
Per
Hello again.
I have found the configurator that I needed, in theory. It is
modconf. But I cannot install i82368, the errors include 'No such
device' and
'depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/.../8139too.o'
So the compilation was not successful apparently.
Perhaps I should reiniti
On Monday 04 August 2003 06:34, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
[...]
> Looking at the cardctl output from your card, I think the 8139too
> module provided with 2.4.18-686 ought to work. Remember that your
> mandrake install worked without needing to compile a separate
> driver.
Yes, but it doesn't seem
Richard Lyons wrote:
On Saturday 02 August 2003 11:19, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
[...]
I really think the 8139too driver in 2.4.18 ought to be able to
work this.
The problem must be either a general PCMIA issue, or a problem with
the 8139too driver being compiled-in instead of being a module.
[...]
On Saturday 02 August 2003 11:19, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
[...]
> I really think the 8139too driver in 2.4.18 ought to be able to
> work this.
>
> The problem must be either a general PCMIA issue, or a problem with
> the 8139too driver being compiled-in instead of being a module.
[...]
I have give
On Saturday 02 August 2003 12:53, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
> Can I check, do you have the package
> kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.18-686?
err.. no.
>
> try
> # modprobe pcmcia_core
> # modprobe yenta_socket
they find nothing
> The 8139too driver should be able to work, since it did on
> Mandrake,
Can I check, do you have the package kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.18-686?
try
# modprobe pcmcia_core
# modprobe yenta_socket
The 8139too driver should be able to work, since it did on Mandrake, but
there may be a problem with it being compiled in, while the pcmcia core
support is in modules (I don'
On Saturday 02 August 2003 11:19, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
[...]
>
> I really think the 8139too driver in 2.4.18 ought to be able to
> work this.
>
> The problem must be either a general PCMIA issue, or a problem with
> the 8139too driver being compiled-in instead of being a module.
>
> I just saw
Richard Lyons wrote:
Good morning, Andrew.
On Saturday 02 August 2003 08:50, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
Richard Lyons wrote:
[...]
[the driver] is the version distributed by the card maker...
with the card. Looks out of date. No changelog on the disk.
Is the card actually a pcmcia card (I unders
On Saturday 02 August 2003 08:50, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
[...]
> Unfortunately that shows that it is basically the same driver
> (8139too) as is built into the bf2.4 kernel already.
Okay, I've just booted the Morphix disk again, to check I wasn't
mistaken. It works fine. Accesses network flaw
Good morning, Andrew.
On Saturday 02 August 2003 08:50, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
> Richard Lyons wrote:
[...]
> > [the driver] is the version distributed by the card maker...
> > with the card. Looks out of date. No changelog on the disk.
>
> Is the card actually a pcmcia card (I understood it w
Richard Lyons wrote:
Probably the latter. Now I am beginning to understand. This is the
top of the file
/* rtl8139.c: A RealTek RTL8129/8139 Fast Ethernet driver for Linux.
*/
/*
Written 1997-2000 by Donald Becker.
...
/* Version 1.11 is originally written by Donald Becker.
Version 1.11a i
On Friday 01 August 2003 06:45, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
[...residue of previous snipped...]
>
> include/pcmcia/version.h isn't a problem.
>
> The errors you quoted from you compile are in code that shouldn't
> be compiled unless LINUX_VERSION_CODE indicates a 2.2 kernel, at
> least in the rtl8139.
Richard Lyons wrote:
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 19:54, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
[...]
The cause of the errors was that linux/version.h was being included
from a 2.2 kernel, but linux/netdevice.h was being include from a
2.4 kernel.
Thanks Andrew.
We _may_ be getting somewhere.
I have two version
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 19:54, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
[...]
> The cause of the errors was that linux/version.h was being included
> from a 2.2 kernel, but linux/netdevice.h was being include from a
> 2.4 kernel.
Thanks Andrew.
We _may_ be getting somewhere.
I have two version.h files:
/us
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 19:54, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
> [...]
> The cause of the errors was that linux/version.h was being included
> from a 2.2 kernel, but linux/netdevice.h was being include from a
> 2.4 kernel.
Thanks Andrew. I'm impressed.
>
> You said you installed kernel-headers-2.4.1
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 17:47, Greg Folkert wrote:
[...]
> > http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DebianChrootInstall
[...]
> I have used that procedure MANY times...
>
> Maybe even just use knoppix as the booting OS.
>
> I'll tell you I should edit that page to show how to do it with
>
Richard Lyons wrote:
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 17:43, Antony Gelberg wrote:
[...]
Why can't you compile the driver? Now you have the kernel headers,
it shouldn't be too difficult. I thought you stopped trying when
you thought that 8139too might work.
If you decide to try, it might help to post ac
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 17:43, Antony Gelberg wrote:
[...]
>
> Why can't you compile the driver? Now you have the kernel headers,
> it shouldn't be too difficult. I thought you stopped trying when
> you thought that 8139too might work.
>
> If you decide to try, it might help to post actual erro
On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 12:17, Richard Lyons wrote:
> Rats! I have now tried the 2.2 standard install, and you are right -
> Andrew is right: the 8139too driver does not work. So this throws
> me into trying the method given at
> http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DebianChrootInstall
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:17:36PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 July 2003 16:08, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> [...]
>
> > No, you've got the wrong end of the stick. 8139too is probably
> > _not_ right for your card. Hence you do need to compile the
> > driver.
>
> Rats! I have now
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 16:08, Antony Gelberg wrote:
[...]
> No, you've got the wrong end of the stick. 8139too is probably
> _not_ right for your card. Hence you do need to compile the
> driver.
Rats! I have now tried the 2.2 standard install, and you are right -
Andrew is right: the 813
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 03:55:29PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 July 2003 15:18, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
> [...]
> > My mistake, 8139too is built into bf2.4, not a module, so if it
> > worked, it would have picked up the card at boot time (or would it,
> > with the card being pcmc
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 15:38, Sridhar Srinivasan wrote:
[...]
> you can convert an ext2 partition to an ext3 partition using a
> single command. These links from google provide more information.
That easy, eh? Looks as though I am some kind of masochist, doing
everything the hard way...
> So
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 15:18, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
[...]
> My mistake, 8139too is built into bf2.4, not a module, so if it
> worked, it would have picked up the card at boot time (or would it,
> with the card being pcmcia, have needed some pcmcia-cs to run
> first?).
Oh, thanks andrew. Tha
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 02:56:21PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
>
> I suppose my only alternative route now is to start again with the
> standard version and ext2 partitions. I thought the ext3 was worth
> having on a laptop, where there is an extra risk of needing to unplug
> the power when i
Richard Lyons wrote:
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 14:18, Antony Gelberg wrote:
[...]
Use script. man script for details. Basically it's like a wrapper
that records everything on your terminal between typing script and
doing a Ctrl-d.
But, as was pointed out earlier, you _could_ try modprobe 8139too.
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 14:18, Antony Gelberg wrote:
[...]
> Use script. man script for details. Basically it's like a wrapper
> that records everything on your terminal between typing script and
> doing a Ctrl-d.
>
> But, as was pointed out earlier, you _could_ try modprobe 8139too.
8139too e
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 01:27:26PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 July 2003 11:16, Antony Gelberg wrote:
>
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > > > In para. 1. there is no directory like
> > > > > /usr/src/linux/pcmcia-cs-3.0.9/include/ - I cannot find any
> > > > > *pcmcia*/include/. What shou
Andrew McGuinness wrote:
The RPM stuff has probably been unpacked by your driver disk.
It looks like the driver module is supposed to compile against pcmcia-cs
(I'm not sure why). Possibly you need to get the source of this
package. Woody uses 3.1.33, but you would want to get the source fro
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 11:16, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> > > > In para. 1. there is no directory like
> > > > /usr/src/linux/pcmcia-cs-3.0.9/include/ - I cannot find any
> > > > *pcmcia*/include/. What should I do here?
[...]
> > So I'm guessing I need first to install a further pac
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 12:14:18PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 July 2003 11:16, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> [...]
> > You need the kernel header files. Try apt-cache search
> > kernel-headers and grab the one that goes with your kernel.
>
> It may sound stupid, but I have no idea w
Richard Lyons wrote:
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 11:16, Antony Gelberg wrote:
[...]
You need the kernel header files. Try apt-cache search
kernel-headers and grab the one that goes with your kernel.
It may sound stupid, but I have no idea which kernel Debian has
installed. "bf24" tells me it is
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 12:14, Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 July 2003 11:16, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> [...]
>
> > You need the kernel header files. Try apt-cache search
> > kernel-headers and grab the one that goes with your kernel.
>
> It may sound stupid, but I have no idea which kern
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 11:16, Antony Gelberg wrote:
[...]
> You need the kernel header files. Try apt-cache search
> kernel-headers and grab the one that goes with your kernel.
It may sound stupid, but I have no idea which kernel Debian has
installed. "bf24" tells me it is 2.4.x, but I don'
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:26:27AM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 July 2003 02:29, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 02:20:47AM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> [...detailed install instructions cut...]
> > > In para. 1. there is no directory like
> > > /usr/src/linux/pc
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 02:29, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 02:20:47AM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
[...detailed install instructions cut...]
> > In para. 1. there is no directory like
> > /usr/src/linux/pcmcia-cs-3.0.9/include/ - I cannot find any
> > *pcmcia*/include/. What s
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 02:20:47AM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> Realtek CardBus Ethernet Card Installation on Linux
>
> 1. Compile the source code :
>->Copy the source code rtl8139.c (ver 1.08 above) to a directory
> and execute "gcc -DCARDBUS -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall
>-Wstric
Okay, this supersedes the previous. I have succeeded in installing
Woody on the Thinkpad, using the 'dummy' network interface. A stack
of errors which will be easily cleared up as soon as I actually can
connect to the internet, via our home-office ethernet. The interface
card claims to suppo
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