I guess I was loading the wrong module: I modproded tulip and now it seems to work. Running /etc/rc.d/network start actually gave my NIC an IP! ;)
On 3/29/06, Mr FUBAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not paying good money for stuff I already have! :P > > I'm going to compile a custom non-SMP kernel tonight and see how that > works out. If it's still not working, I got another server idling with > a working NIC. >-) > > Thanks for the info. > > On 3/29/06, Jan de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 14:15 +0200, Mr FUBAR wrote: > > > I'm busy building a router running Arch. I took a NIC from my idling > > > AlphaServer 800 (DE500). > > > > > > I need to modprobe the de4x5 module for the NIC to work. This works > > > nicely. However, when I try to get the NIC up (e.g. with the > > > /etc/rc.d/network script) the computer just freezes: the keyboard > > > LED's don't even respond anymore. > > > > > > Could this be because of the NIC "belonging" to my AS800? > > > > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0312.2/1212.html > > > > Seems the de4x5 driver is not SMP compatible. According to this post the > > driver won't even work on a single CPU system with an SMP kernel, so I > > guess it requires a kernel recompile without SMP. > > > > I guess the easiest option is to put the card back in your alphaserver > > and get a cheap decent card that just works (TM), like realtek 8139, > > 3com 3c905C-TXM or Intel e100 cards. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > arch mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
