Hello, I found that by recompiling the kernel with the 3c509 as a module and loading the 3c509.o, all networking is back up.
Thanks everyone for the ideas. -- Bill C.R.E.A.M. Dark Angel Quoting Bill Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello Sebastiaan, > > I have the 3c509 driver compiled into the kernel. One of the early > problems I had with this system is that if I tried to use a loadable > module for these cards, I could not get them both to be reconized. > I seem to remember that a 2.2.x kernel read-me (or even 2.0.x) told > me to fix this by loading the driver from the kernel and using > lilo.conf > to pass in the correct parameters. It is very possible that by moving > to the 2.4.0 kernel, my original problem has gone away without my > trying to find out. > > I will reconfigure my system tonight and try loading them as modules. > > Thanks for the ideas, > > -- Bill > C.R.E.A.M. Dark Angel > > Quoting Sebastiaan > > > Hi, > > > > is it vital that both cards are loaded at boottime? What happens > when > > you > > insmod the second card? How does the kernel behave when compiling > the > > cards in? Perhaps you can try to leave the ',eth0' and ',eth1' at > the > > bootline and let the kernel figure it out itself? > > > > Greetz, > > Sebastiaan > > > > > > On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Bill Bell wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I have a dual NIC system using two 3c509 cards. This > configuration > > has > > > been working well under sid with a 2.2.18 kernel (my current > > system). > > > I have been trying to move up to a 2.4.0 kernel and I am having > > > problems. > > > > > > My problem is when booting with the 2.4.0 kernel, both NIC cards > > have > > > the wrong media port enabled. The boot message is saying > something > > > like "Coax port" instead of "10baseT port". > > > > > > This is the lilo.conf append line I use to get both cards working > > for > > > the 2.2.18 kernel. > > > > > > append="ether=10,0x300,eth0 ether=11,0x310,eth1" > > > > > > When I remark out this append line, run lilo, and boot the 2.4.0 > > kernel, > > > eth0 gets configed correctly with the 10baseT port enabled, but > eth1 > > > is not found. > > > > > > Some of the things I have tried- > > > RTFM docs under /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking > > > searching the debian user list archives > > > searching www.kernel.org documentation > > > other various FAQs on the web > > > > > > Possible problems as a guess- > > > 1) I am missing a new append "ether='parameter'" > > > 2) There is a better way to use the "ether=" line > > > 3) 2.4.0 kernel has a bug in the 3c509 driver (?) > > > > > > More info- > > > I have PnP turned off in both the BIOS and on both NICs. > > > > > > Thanks for any and all suggestions. > > > > > > -- Bill > > > C.R.E.A.M. Dark Angel