> Am 09.12.2022 um 04:33 schrieb Tim Griffin <t...@enwood.ca>:
>
> Hi all; I've just blown the dust off of an HP T150 thin client box (4GB
> RAM/16GB Flash, VIA Eden X2 U4200 processor @ 1Ghz) and installed the latest
> x64 version of ASTLinux (1.4.7).
> The operating system installs without error, but after booting, and despite
> apparently installing the
> "Intel PRO/1000 Network Driver 3.8.7-NAPI" driver, ASTLinux cannot find
> "eth0", and there is consequently no network available.
>
> Yet, if I boot the machine just to a RUNNIX shell, "lspci" shows the network
> adapter (Broadcom Inc. BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)) installed as
> "eth0" (albeit without an IP address):
>
> <IMG_4382.JPG>
> If I let ASTLinux boot to completion, it seems to load the "Intel PRO/1000
> Network Driver 3.8.7-NAPI" and the "8139 Fast Ethernet drive 0.9.28", but
> then cannot find "eth0" (last line of screen shot).
> <IMG_4384.JPG>
>
> <IMG_4386.JPG>
>
> When boot into ASTLinux, my installation does not have anything pertaining to
> "net" in the /etc/udev/rules directory either:
>
> <IMG_4396.JPG>
>
> I can confirm that the network cable was attached to the box and
> connection/activity indicators were illuminated, so the hardware seems okay.
>
> After booting into ASTLinux, "ifconfig" shows the following:
>
> <IMG_4394.JPG>
>
> One other interesting anomaly is that "eth0" *is* reported right at the end
> of the boot:
>
> <IMG_4395.JPG>
>
> But then the OS doesn't seem to initialize "eth0" leaving the environment
> networkless.
>
> While I am relatively used to working on Ubuntu servers, I've never had to
> operate at the level of network interface drivers, so I'm a little lost as to
> where to look for the problem and how to attempt a resolution.
>
> Is there something about 1.4.7 that it would not necessarily include and
> enable a network driver for this adapter?
>
>
> Thanks!
> Tim
Hi Tim,
the available network drivers can be found in "/etc/rc.modules".
I think for Broadcom NICs you can try the "tg3" driver.
Michael
http://www.mksolutions.info
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