ive recently brought a p4 with the motherboard, the board is a Abit IS7-E, according to manual the onboard is a realtek rtl8139/810x fast ethernet nic, so i have been usin, as root ofcourse
'modprobe 8139too'
this produces the error message
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o.gz: init_modules: No such device
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o.gz: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid 10 or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o.gz failed
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o.gz: insmod 8139too failed
so i search G4L and here a bit i found some information, which has got me a bit confused
for instance i found that i can find out if slackware can see my nic at all by doing lspci -v, but this produces the confusin information
02:02.0 Ethernet Controllers: 3Com Corportation: Unknown device 1700 (rev 12)
Subsystem: Abit Computer Corp: Unknown device 100a
Flags: bus master, 66 Mhz, medium devsel. latency 32, IRQ 10
Memory at f8000000(32bit, non-prefetchable) [size = 16k]
I/O Ports at 9000 [size = 256]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
this confuses me because as i can tell its sayin that it finds a 3Com card, or are they actually the same cards?
any suggestions or information about how to get this onboard RealTek RTL8139/810x to actually work
before i forget its a full install of slackware 9.1
If you have to ask why you want to install Linux, then perhaps you shouldn't.
-- Michael D. Watts (Gone but never forgotten)
im sure that it is a IS7-E, accordin to the motherboard manual the IS7, IS7-M/E all use the onboard Realtek RTL8139 lan while the IS7-G uses a 3Com card
thanks for the reply
If you have to ask why you want to install Linux, then perhaps you shouldn't.
-- Michael D. Watts (Gone but never forgotten)
There's probably nothing there because the module isn't loading and the card isn't initializing.
Here's the odd thing- from lspci you got:
"Unknown device 1700 (rev 12)"
Well, "device 1700 rev 12" is the correct device ID for 3com's 3c940 gigabit NIC. You really might want to pop the case and had have a look at the motherboard...
If you do have the 3com, it will use either the sk98lin or 3c2000 driver.
ok i think this needs to be said, sometimes motherboard manufactuers change what they put on their motherboards, without updating the manuals that come with them, so for the latest information about your board check their website or look at the board
DMR your correct, it is a 3Com card, found the chip on the board when i opened it up, sorry for any misleadin info ive given you, i was only takin reference from the manual i got with the new board, the information i got from the NIC chip is:
also modprobe 3c2000 produced the error, Module cann't be located while modprobe sk98lin produced, the same error message as i first posted
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/sk98lin.o.gz: init_modules: No such device
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/sk98lin.o.gz: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid 10 or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/sk98lin.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/sk98lin.o.gz failed
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net/sk98lin.o.gz: insmod sk98lin failed
If you have to ask why you want to install Linux, then perhaps you shouldn't.
-- Michael D. Watts (Gone but never forgotten)
Originally posted by deathadder ok i think this needs to be said, sometimes motherboard manufactuers change what they put on their motherboards, without updating the manuals that come with them...
Exactly. They've moved to the faster 3com chip (which they were using in the "G" version of that motherboard), but haven't updated their literature.
Originally posted by deathadder also modprobe 3c2000 produced the error, Module cann't be located
Yeah, I don't think the 3c2000 module is a kernel built-in; I think it's a download from 3com.
Originally posted by deathadder modprobe sk98lin produced, the same error message as i first posted
Hmm, possible resource conflict (IRQ or I/O address) as the error messages indicate?
1. Turn off Plug-N-Play OS support in your BIOS if you haven't already. BIOS PNP is a chief culprit when it comes to resource conflicts in Linux.
2. What is the output from the following 2 commands?:
thanks so much for your help DMR, finally got the nic up and running in the end i had to go to the 3com site download a windows exe, install it, copy a folder called linux from the install dir, untar the 3c2000.tar.gz file there change the dir do a make, make load then ifconfig eth0 up, only after all that did the bloody thing work
once again thanks for the help
If you have to ask why you want to install Linux, then perhaps you shouldn't.
-- Michael D. Watts (Gone but never forgotten)
It sounds like you had to jump through a hell of a lot hoops to get there, but if it worked in the end, it was worth it.
By the way, while I was doing more research on your problem I found that there are some "weirdnesses" with certain versions of the sk98lin driver and your particular card. Apparently you can get the right driver from Asus' website, but since the 3c2000 driver is working for you I wouldn't muck with it.
Oh, and as far as your appreciation for the help goes- thanks, it's the only pay we get around here!
to actually work
thanks for the suggestion though if youve got any other i'd love to hear em
