ethernet card

[Ben Pfaff]

"Clint Thayer" <clint@thayernet.com> writes:

> nope, it's a PCI card
> 
> "Clint Thayer" <clint@thayernet.com> writes:
> 
> > Now I'm having trouble getting the ethernet card to work... here is what I
> > know...
> >
> > 1.) It's a kensington brand card
> > 2.) I think it uses the tulip drivers
> > 3.) It's on IRQ 5
> > 4.) I've turned all PnP off in BIOS
                       ^^^^^^^^^ this applies only to ISA/PnP 
                                 cards, hence my question

> > 5.) looked in /etc/modules.conf to confirm the eth0 setting
> 
> Is it an ISA card?

Okay, in that case, then you want to get to a root prompt and
type `ifconfig eth0'.  Does anything useful show up, like this?

pfaffben:~# ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:D0:59:10:4C:D4
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0x1000

If not, then check whether an Ethernet driver is loaded.  First
check for a module with `lsmod'; is `tulip' listed?  Show us the
list of modules.  You can also check whether a nonmodular driver
is loaded with something like `dmesg | grep -3i ethernet'.  Show
us the result, if any.

If no driver is loaded, try loading the Tulip driver with
`modprobe tulip'.  Any luck?  If not, show us a list of the PCI
devices you get by running `lspci'; e.g., I get:

pfaffben:~/linux-2.4.5pre1# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:05.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1131 (rev 01)
00:05.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1131 (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro 2E (rev 10)
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 09)
00:09.1 Serial controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem
00:0d.0 SCSI storage controller: BusLogic BT-946C (BA80C30) [MultiMaster 10]
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast Etherlink] (rev 74)
00:0f.0 Network controller: Compaq Computer Corporation Integrated NetFlex-3/P (rev 10)
00:14.0 ISA bridge: Compaq Computer Corporation MIS-E (rev 05)
00:14.1 IDE interface: Compaq Computer Corporation Triflex Dual EIDE Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x (rev 64)

where devices 9.0, e.0, and f.0 are my first, second, and third
Ethernet controllers on this box (don't ask).
-- 
"doe not call up Any that you can not put downe."
--H. P. Lovecraft